Robert Frank.
Iconic.
Topographer.
Denver.
I've never seen much of Robert Franks 'Denver' but what I have is quite beautiful.
"In Adams' words he "wanted to explore whether a romantic view of Denver and the American West was entirely wrong." In 93 photographs he presented his critique of America's poor stewardship of the land with rapid expansion of housing and obsessive consumption." (5b4.blogspot.com)
Is romantasing a place necessarily a bad thing?
It's much more aesthetically pleasing. Which is always nice.
Denver is very polished. Although not all nice new subjects, nothing is overly 'dirty' so to speak. I think b&w has a part to play in this to some extent. Most things look nicer (in this style, subject matter) in b&w to an extent. Straight lines are very important.
Bernard Plossu.
Stumbled by him by accident. Although the websites I have been looking at tend to be in French I know he is a documentary photographer alleged to have 'bridged the gap' between American and European photography in the 70's and 80's.
Although I'm not entirely sure what this works about its entitled "Plossu couleur Fresson" It's Plossu's first (published/shown?) colour photographs, prior to this he was know exclusively for his b&w photos. This work is printed on Charcol paper, hence the inclusion of 'Fresson' in the title.
the images themselves date from 1965-2005. Theres no logical correlation and yet the images fit together. They create a questioning audience.
Mexico 1966
Mexique 1966
Roads, Monument Valley 1982
Santa-Fe Nouveau Mexique
Sofa rouge de Carlos Serrano, Madrid 1975
