From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 12/17/02-02:40:06 AM Z
I have to differ with Peter about Giacomelli's landscapes. To me they
are some of the most interesting landscapes ever done. True he did some
amazing other work (isn't he the one who did the priests dancing in the
snow?) but I revere his landscapes. And yes, it's my understanding that
he did some unorthodox things in the darkroom to emphasize the abstract
nature of his compositions.
Katharine Thayer
Peter Marshall wrote:
>
> Pam,
>
> That sounds like Mario Giacomelli, who died Nov 2000. I went to the
> opening of a show of his work here in London last month - at Photofusion.
>
> All of his pictures were taken in a pretty small area of southern Italy
> where he lived. Most of them are about people rather than the landscape.
>
> Giacomelli worked entirely in black and white so far as I know, and the
> landscape images are rather high contrast. There are other photographers
> who have done similar things in colour.
>
> For me the landscapes are less interesting than most of his other work,
> some of which is really magical, and reminds me more of some paintings -
> perhaps Chagall - than photography. I think he was pretty creative in the
> darkroom with some of the work.
>
> Peter Marshall
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> > Some years ago there was an Italian photographer whose work I saw. He
> > photographed hilly fields in various states. It was simply stunning.
> > Now I'm not sure, but I think he used a telephoto, perspective was
> > flattened in many of them.
> >
> > Pam
> >
> > Darryl Baird wrote:
> >
> > > 2 cents here... non-photographic = design
> > >
> > > the process of flattening space pushes the need to arrange and
> > > juxtapose even further than with the normal and wide views, where
> > > natural perspective is easier (and dare I say more relevant) to
> > > utilize.
> > >
> > > -Darryl
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