Damaso
Photojournalist
Just thought I would share an interview I did for the SF MOMA blog talking about Robert Frank and his influence on my work.
http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/08/06/damaso-reyes-on-robert-frank-photojournalism-and-art/
http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/08/06/damaso-reyes-on-robert-frank-photojournalism-and-art/
MikeL
Go Fish
Thanks for the link Damaso!
Damaso
Photojournalist
Thanks for taking a look...
vrgard
Well-known
Very nice, Damaso. Congratulations on the SF MOMA expsure and thank you for sharing that link. Now I'm enjoying your blog as well.
Best,
Randy
Best,
Randy
T
Todd.Hanz
Guest
I like the video at the end, great explanation of the shot with the people on the bus/train, I had glossed over that one many times without thinking much of it.
Todd
Todd
Honus
carpe diem
Excellent. You brought up some very interesting points regarding Frank being an 'outsider' and having a different vision and style than his contemporaries, which was further reinforced by his use of a 35mm rangefinder. As you also pointed out in the video, he also had an excellent eye for composition.
You should be very proud of The Europeans.
You should be very proud of The Europeans.
Damaso
Photojournalist
Thanks for the comments! I hear the Frank show in SF is great. I saw it in D.C. and am looking forward to seeing it in NYC. If you have a chance, check it out, very inspiring...
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
Very interesting. THKS -
leonardosfo
LenH
Damaso,
Thank you. I have been to the Frank show at SFMOMA 3 times. I did not totally appreciate Robert Frank's vision until I read your interview and watched the video.
On an entirely different note: I am quite taken with Andre Kertesz maybe even more so than Cartier-Bresson and others in that era. He was somewhat of a loner and really did not seek out the limelight. What do you think of his work?
Thanks again,
LenH
Thank you. I have been to the Frank show at SFMOMA 3 times. I did not totally appreciate Robert Frank's vision until I read your interview and watched the video.
On an entirely different note: I am quite taken with Andre Kertesz maybe even more so than Cartier-Bresson and others in that era. He was somewhat of a loner and really did not seek out the limelight. What do you think of his work?
Thanks again,
LenH
Damaso
Photojournalist
I love Kertesz' work. I don't think one can say Frank was in search of the limelight, if anything he has been rather reclusive. Each of the three photographers you mention leonardosfo made a point of developing their own style, something contemporary photographers would do well to notice. Each spent a great deal of time and energy finding their voice and taking the photographs that best suit them, regardless of what others thought.
That takes a lot of courage!
That takes a lot of courage!
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Juan Valdenebro
Truth is beauty
Dámaso,
Apart from Frank's own, your words and images are a delight...
Thanks for sharing the interview, and congratulations for The Europeans...
Good luck with your future work, and thank you again!
Apart from Frank's own, your words and images are a delight...
Thanks for sharing the interview, and congratulations for The Europeans...
Good luck with your future work, and thank you again!
reuno
Log out, go shoot.
Thanks for the link, i saved it for reading later, should be very interesting.
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