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Malik Sidibé show at MB Gallery, LA

mschafer — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:08:01 +0000

Always loved his work, straight forward that reminds me of August Sander great look at the Germans early 1930ties, just with african charm. The eye of Bamako is a great show in a great space, up till April 9, 2011 , so if you’re in LA you have to swing by

M+B
612 NORTH ALMONT DRIVE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90069

Hipstamatic and the new iPhone

mschafer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:09:18 +0000

Finally we’re moving into serious snapshot territory with the new iPhone. While it’s all nice and new (and quicker, with higher res. screen), the best part of this is that i finally discovered Hipstamatic.

I thought i have to move to Williamsburg to truly enjoy it, but the stuff i shot so far are dangerously fun by themselves. Thanks Steven for the intro on my birthday…

I promise i’ll post more snaps in the future

ICP: Atget and Miroslav Tichy show

mschafer — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:03:15 +0000

What a great selection of photographs.

I always loved the Atget view of Paris. I still it believe it exists, those quite moments in a large city and especially in Paris. They make every city magical, otherworldly, quite; an emotion that’s very hard to comunicate. And Atget stands the test of time.

On the other hand the great self build camera and the resulting images that Miroslav Tichy creates, come straight out of his phantasy, well excuted with a handmade edge that seems to be disapperaing very rapidly these days.

Both are at the ICP in NY til May 09, 2010

writers gallery up

mschafer — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:33:54 +0000

After a couple of great shoots recently i felt compelled to give them their own gallery.

Let me know what you think. I love to see their characters come through.

Irving Penn show at The National Portrait Gallery, London

mschafer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:13:31 +0000

I just got the book a couple of days ago and it’s a brilliant little gem. But i really urge everyone interested in the best photographical portrait work ever done, to see the show in person.

It’s up at the National Portrait Gallery in London until June 6, 2010 and then at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome from July 1st through September 19th, 2010.

Irving Penn’s small trades at the Getty, LA

mschafer — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:51:27 +0000

I always loved that portfolio. It fits right between the Peru studio portraits early in his career and the tent/tribes shoots across the world in “Worlds in a small room”.

I just got back from the show at the Getty center in LA (where admission is free but parking $15, really) and was again impressed by the collection.

The prints had various qualities to them, from fiber based prints to variations in the platinum coatings, but it was a nice treat to see them all lined up for comparison. From the subjects, to the way they carried themselves and their tools, their facial expressions; all very intriguing.

The only disappointing part was that due to the sheer amount of prints some hang a little to high for closer review, but i guess that a nice problem to have with around 250 prints…

And i really enjoyed that the actual print size was not at such a monster scale that are shown i recent years, like this the photograph can be viewed as one whole image and the eye doesn’t have to wander.