Too early to sleep so I’m doing some web surfing.
Over a Daring Fireball I found this link here and it’s a good one. Probably writing this post to remind myself as much as anything. Still, it’s a good post to remember.
Archive for February 3rd, 2009
Tuesday Evening Link Factory.
Snow Blown.
Such is the thing about Winter. It finds you. After such a nice pleasant day on Monday today in New York City was decidedly less so. I did make it over to the International Center of Photography gallery and bookstore. Was not open on Monday. So that was a plus. It was a very interesting show on the upstairs for a number of reasons, but the more historic show downstairs celebrating the life and work of legendary Conde-Nast photographer Edwards Steichen was the meat and potatoes of the gallery. Much was there that really explains what fashion photography was for a long time.
The work upstairs, far more current – so much so that most of it was tear-sheets glued to foam core – only served to amplify the power and elegance of Steichen. There was even a goofy 16-mm silent film made by Eastman Kodak I think that showed Steichen at work in his Conde-Nast studio. (Early multimedia!)
Walking around the city after my stop at the ICP was fairly frustrating. No matter what corner I took the snow was in my eyes. Ended up making a trip towards Chelsea with the idea of visiting the Adorama store that I spend a bit of cash at. Have been to B&H last time I was here. Never made it, however, as the snow was driving me bananas and I had the good fortune to get a call from a old friend to do lunch. Back to Times Square I went.
While in Chelsea I snapped this one with the PowerShot. Not a great day for golf.
