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Looking Beyond Seeing

February 16, 2021 by Simon Robinson 2 Comments

We had reason to hang some pictures today. I mean, rehang. We’ve been slowly rehanging pictures that we took down off the walls in January. They’ve been stashed around the place while we repainted the house. One of the things we agreed was that nothing could go back up without mutual agreement.

I couldn’t resist taking this shot at the Don McCullin exhibition in Tate Britain 2019.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: art, donn mccullin, natalie angier, tate britain, the guardian, the smithsonian, william utermohlen

Monochrome Choice

January 4, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

No matter what I read or see of the great monochrome photographers, whether it be Ansel Adams or Edward Weston or Michael Kenna or Edward Steichen or perhaps Donn McCullin or Vivian Maier, I don’t seem to learn enough to be satisfied with my own efforts. These people are some of the greatest proponents of their arts but sometimes their superb work undermines rather than inspires. I think these are normal but sometimes very frustrating limits on our aspirations. As I was taught when I had motorcycle racing aspirations, if you see someone in your mirror that wasn’t there last time you looked, give way, because they are better than you.

Foreground West Pier Dun Laoghaire.
Background decommissioned Pigeon House.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: ansel adams, donn mccullin, dun laoghaire, edward steichen, edward weston, michael kenna, photography, the muglins, vivian maier

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