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Which Board? => Main Forum => : Phil Bebbington May 31, 2011, 05:38:31 PM
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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - Decisive Moment, The (http://vimeo.com/20047490)
Not sure if this has been posted before?
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Thanks for that, Phil.
Exactly what I needed this evening.
-Jason
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No, I hadn't seen / heard that before. That was great.
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Never seen it before... I'll put it on my WD box for tonight :)
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I'd never seen either and I just saw, it's beautiful... thanks for sharing Phil.
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thanks for that Phil - loved it.
on the subject of street photography, any of you seen this film from 1981? Joel Meyerowitz at work in Manhattan:
http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/3/1981 (http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/3/1981)
enjoy,
Thil
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Absolutely wonderful! I'd seen this about 4 months ago for the first time when it was shown among a gathering of photographers here in Phoenix. Its always wonderful to be able to gain the kind of insight the film offers into the mind of the photographer.
Among some of the people watching the film when I saw it were some old timers who had direct accounts of what it was like in the darkrooms where Cartier-Bresson's negatives were developed and printed. Cartier-Bresson basically never changed his shutter speed and aperture combination and photographed under all sorts of drastically different lighting conditions with one primary setting. He reportedly had little knowledge or concern for the relationship between film exposure and development and for good reason. He didn't develop or print his images. It is said that once his rolls were received they went into the dark room to be developed and if you were walking anywhere near the darkroom as the rolls were being developed all you could hear was the darkroom technicians cursing the name Cartier-Bresson! He did not make it easy on them and its is said that many of his images simply could not be salvaged through salvage techniques or expert printing. It's just funny to hear accounts which describe the less then spectacular results of his "decisive moment".
Thanks for posting this, its a wonderful documentary for people to see!
thanks for that Phil - loved it.
on the subject of street photography, any of you seen this film from 1981? Joel Meyerowitz at work in Manhattan:
http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/3/1981 (http://www.in-public.com/news/2011/3/1981)
enjoy,
Thil
This looks really interesting! Haven't seen it before. Watching it now. Thanks!
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Thanks Phil, wonderful :)
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yes yes yes!
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"Maybe's should go into the trash." Words to live by.
Wonderful Phil. Thank you so much for sharing that!
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Yes! ;D
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YES YES YES!
that was awesome and inspiring. cheers for that.
have been looking at some HCB books recently online but as my bank account is dwindling from trying to get my rb67 up and running This will do nicely for now!
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That was fantastic, Phil. Really enjoyed it.
In the UK, the "Sky Arts" channel has been broadcasting a programme called "The Impassioned Eye" - an interview with HCB. I don't suppose everyone can get to see the Sky Arts programme but it's made an appearance on a Russian website:
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - Impassioned Eye, The [2003] — на Яндекс.Видео (http://video.yandex.ru/users/ramin-mazur/view/16/#)
Well worth 72 minutes of anyone's time, IMO.
Thanks again for posting "The Decisive Moment".
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YES YES YES!
that was awesome and inspiring. cheers for that.
have been looking at some HCB books recently online but as my bank account is dwindling from trying to get my rb67 up and running This will do nicely for now!
Assuming the RB67 hasn't eaten absolutely all your cash you might consider buying the Abrams Discoveries book on HCB, (ISBN 978-0-8109-9826-1), list is $14.50 in Canada so about the cost of 2 rolls of film. It is a combination biography & monograph, well witten and designed (IMO) and good value.
ps "The Impassioned Eye" mentioned above is a wonderful movie, saw it in the cinema a couple of years ago here.
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Or just get it as a torrent here (http://dl.btjunkie.org/torrent/Photographer-HENRI-CARTIER-BRESSON/4032b7df9eef3bec84ee4eda85ebc082a460477f4065/download.torrent)
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thank you!
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Assuming the RB67 hasn't eaten absolutely all your cash you might consider buying the Abrams Discoveries book on HCB, (ISBN 978-0-8109-9826-1), list is $14.50 in Canada so about the cost of 2 rolls of film. It is a combination biography & monograph, well witten and designed (IMO) and good value.
ps "The Impassioned Eye" mentioned above is a wonderful movie, saw it in the cinema a couple of years ago here.
Awesome Dave cheers for the tip, will deffo check that book out, sounds right up my street, have this weeks paycheck in now :-P amazon and the bay here I come
+ nice one francois thats awesome! downloading now will watch 2mrw all being well :-) happy days.
infact im going to start a thread to see if we can compile a few photography doc/movie torrents..... wooop
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Well, if you want eBooks, there's this (http://dl.btjunkie.org/torrent/Photography-Ebooks/4358182bba7163d681421405e53baa9003b50933faee/download.torrent)
And for videos, there's also this (http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/140706425/52fdf4a108c90535a2382c60ed0749a85eccf88e?tab=summary)