[edcase]

www.flickr.com/photos/edbartlett/sets/72157607943794363/

I'm sure most people have already done this exhibition by now, but as with Parla, JR is somebody else who is clearly completely obsessed with his work. As a hobbyist photographer myself looking at my body of work I seem to subconsciously steer away from portraiture, with the exception of candids. Maybe I'm afraid to make that connection with people, but JR clearly isn't and coupled with the scale of the work it's very exciting.

[samo]

Thanks for the great pictures Ed. I can understand what you mean about making that connection with people when it comes to portrait photography.
I think JR is absolute master in that.

[romanywg]

There's already been two other links to this show. Do we need a third?
banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=26138&page=1
banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?board=streetartgallery&action=display&thread=26161

[edcase]

Are you being serious, Romany?

This is a community forum not a library. When were you made chief librarian / forum photographer in residence?

I am on here most days, and I hadn't A) been to the show or B) seen all of the pics and I couldn't see any threads about it on the first few pages of the forum, so it's fair to assume some other people won't have seen one of the other threads?!

Given it's had over 60 views overnight, clearly that is the case.

Sorry for sharing.

[edcase]

Silky - perhaps it might be a nice idea to create a new section purely for photographs from shows? create a new thread for each individual show, and people can link their gallerys into those threads. Pics only, general discussion kept for the main forum. Might make a nice accessible resource over time, rather than having to search through multiple pages of individual threads to find pics.

Just a thought.

[wiz]

Oct 12, 2008 11:47:39 GMT 1 edcase said:

Silky - perhaps it might be a nice idea to create a new section purely for photographs from shows? create a new thread for each individual show, and people can link their gallerys into those threads. Pics only, general discussion kept for the main forum. Might make a nice accessible resource over time, rather than having to search through multiple pages of individual threads to find pics.
Just a thought.

Good idea Edcase, library of works/ shows etc. like Seth has for his past shows.

[gozgoz]

nice photos there!

strange thing was a friend went down to Laz last sat and said there arent any art works in there

[Prescription Art]

It's across the two galleries. The one on Charing X Rd is showing a video about the work in the Favelas... the one in Greek Street has the exhibition.

[Curley]

i have to say the video is brilliant.

[Prescription Art]

For anyone interested in his first two books (Carnet de Rue & 28mm), they're available from FNAC.

It's not easy to order though unless you can recall at least a smattering of school French. I think I may have just ordered the Emmanuelle box set by mistake.


recherche.livre.fnac.com/ia593219/Jr

[bert]

Has anyone got the Favela print from LAZ? Does it look really detailed and high resolution? Quite hard to tell from the small piccy on LAZ's site! Ta

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Oct 13, 2008 13:25:08 GMT 1 bert said:

Has anyone got the Favela print from LAZ? Does it look really detailed and high resolution? Quite hard to tell from the small piccy on LAZ's site! Ta

Didn't buy it myself. Its a nice, clear hi res print (saw it hanging in the Greek St office) but I would have preferred a detail rather than the long shot. I've got the centre spread from the Guardian (Aug 20th) sitting next to me as we speak and it'll do me. I have nothing but praise for JR but I feel he choses the wrong images for prints (just my opinion of course). His books are the best way to enjoy his work if you can't see them for real because he's not about the one shot. A DVD release would also be a must have from this show.

[bert]

Cheers for that info MikeeP - I really love the long shot and think it would look pretty nice framed up as a present for my Dad (missed the Guardian unfortunately). Good to hear it is a good hi res print, might plump for it come pay day.

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Oct 13, 2008 16:08:49 GMT 1 bert said:

Cheers for that info MikeeP - I really love the long shot and think it would look pretty nice framed up as a present for my Dad (missed the Guardian unfortunately). Good to hear it is a good hi res print, might plump for it come pay day.

[ricosg11]

like i have said elsewhere, the content, scale, placement, and execution of JR's work is second to none. There is and energy to his work that is so refreshing.