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RE: New themes
Edward Fink 2005-Jan-07 13:12:00
Maybe I'm just not a tree hugger at heart, because that
sounds a lot more interesting to me than "ecology." :-)
But - I've only been in the last two WWP events, and I don't
really know how this theme selection works. I thought Don and/or Landis
picked the themes. I don't have a problem with that - I think they more
than deserve to choose the theme because they're the ones that will be
doing far more work on it than the rest of us.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: bruce_hemming [mailto:#removed#]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:46 AM
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Subject: New themes
I was wondering when someone was going to break cover and suggest some
new themes
so here's my two bytes worth. I like ecology as a theme but my idea is
for night time
panoramas. This has been inspired by Art Baltrotsky's beautiful
contribution to the last
WWP, Han's New Year group and also by the film Night on Earth, directed
by Wim Wenders.
Wenders takes the idea of one night on earth as experienced bydifferent
people in
different countries which is pretty much what we do. Shooting at night
reveals a different
aspect of the world and the people who inhabit it and although there
will be new technical
problems making the panos why not accept them as part of the project in
exchange for a
different perspective world view?
For more inspiration think Hopper's paintings, Brassai's Paris, rivers
of light from cars,
night shift workers - endless possibilities! - and do watch Night on
Earth if you can.
Wenders also has a travelling exhibition called Images from the Surface
of the Earth which
is well worth catching if it comes your way. He shoots on a 6x17 format
camera and then
blows the prints up to 5 or 6 metres wide - not quite our sort of
panoramas but truly
inspiring work.
Could we call it Night on Earth? Probably not but what do people
think of the idea?
Best
Bruce
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