Vivian Meyer Exhibit in Chicago

[Ronald M]

I visited yesterday and it was worth the trip. There were perhaps 75/100 photos and they were mostly photos from all over the world, only a few from Chicago many of which have been already posted on the internet

No photos were allowed so I can not show any. If it travels, make a point to see it.

It was in the Chicago Cultural Center which in itself is pretty interesting. I brought my D7000 and 12/24 lens just to do some building shots.



Color balance was a nightmare and I knew there would be no chance with film

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[t.s.k.]

I believe the Cultural Center exhibition ended on April 3.
Don't fear, it'll be around...somewhere.

 

[boojum]

I am sorry to see this Vivian Meyer thread died out 14 years ago. I find her work very interesting and the equal of the masters of the field and the better of most. She was a strange person, complex and contradictory, but I am not here to psychoanalyze her but only to appreciate what she could do with a box that had a lens and shutter on it.

I have been watching photographs since '53 or '54. I saw The Decisive Moment when it first came out. And while it is heretical and blasphemous I am as underwhelmed by it now as I was then. Other than the French picnickers riverside and a few more it does not reach me as does Meyer. But I have never been instructed to appreciate either photographer. Meyer just seems to touch a nerve within me. She is not scholarly or arty, she is direct and in the moment. And while both of these folks shot a lot of the folks in the street, Meyer seems to have done it with compassion.

They came from different economic strata. That could be it. Who knows? I bring it up because I just bought the Maloof book on Meyer which has stirred up the interest again. If I could shoot like one of them I would prefer to shoot like Meyer. As always, YMMV. Dixi ;o)

 

[nightlight]

Her work is intertwined with the story of her life - interesting to say the least.

I watched the film before seeing her photos; an extra-ordinary story. I sometimes wonder if/how she would have enjoyed this fame.

 

[boojum]

Her work is intertwined with the story of her life - interesting to say the least.

I watched the film before seeing her photos; an extra-ordinary story. I sometimes wonder if/how she would have enjoyed this fame.

There are a few films on her.

 

[steveyork]

I've only seen her best, but even though she lived in a picture friendly environment, from a contact sheet I've seen, she had a wonderful eye. I like her B&W MF stuff better than her color 35mm.

 

[boojum]

I've only seen her best, but even though she lived in a picture friendly environment, from a contact sheet I've seen, she had a wonderful eye. I like her B&W MF stuff better than her color 35mm.

Yes, her mono is just great. But her color ain't too shabby, either. I'd be happy to put my name under it.