I would maintain that most of the gospel references in music— aside from gospel music plain and pure— have got little or nothing to do with the church. The church might say that as soon as you turn it into a popular-music thing, you devalue it. But in an odd way, it becomes so much more powerful. How can the church own music anyway?
Leica’s fame was built on the work and celebrity of Henri Cartier-Bresson. However, I cannot imagine it would please HCB to see the “luxe” direction Leica is taking. Bresson believed in the power of photography. Before his death, he created a photographic center in Paris to encourage and exhibit the work of photographers, mostly Leica photographers. If he were alive today, I have to believe he would urge Leica to invest a little more in the future of cameras as “working tools” rather than in the future of cameras as “investments.
An interesting perspective on the modern Leica.
I don’t agree with everything Erick says, but it’s a pretty good list overall.
This was my favorite Transformer EVER growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan. Foreshadowing much??
Great lecture last night by Kendall Henry at the Art Gallery of Alberta. It’s really exciting to think that he will be leading the Quarters project (in my neighborhood) this summer!
It was fascinating to hear him redefine public art as not necessarily or only art created on the public dime, but art that engages with the public, and public space, in material and ongoing ways. (And therefore allowing into this classification work which I would classify more readily as outdoor theatre and/or street art).
Tarkovsky Polaroids (via pnguye)
The director of ‘Stalker’ and ‘Solaris’ also did a lot of interesting still photo work, particularly with Polaroid.