Years ago, when I was young and foolish (or more foolish), I scoffed at the notion of photography as art. Then, in grad school, seized by a psychotic episode I took two classes over and above my graduate classes, on photography. One was an actual photography class and the other a history of photography class. Specifically the former taught me I was not much of a photographer. I could take a picture of my thumb with a SLR which is quite a feat.
The history class taught me that I was an idiot. And one of the pictures from the book in that class was the one below by Andre Kertesz. I didn't learn much from the professor but the text was fabulous.
They also have a wonderful painting by Frank Auerbach (which I originally got the name wrong), called Building Site Near St. Paul's, Winter. This painting is maybe my favorite piece in the Art Miami Fair. I do not include a picture as it will not translate that way. There were also some wonderful Henri Cartier-Bresson and Iriving Penn photographs....and damn, also Alec Soth.
The history class taught me that I was an idiot. And one of the pictures from the book in that class was the one below by Andre Kertesz. I didn't learn much from the professor but the text was fabulous.
They also have a wonderful painting by Frank Auerbach (which I originally got the name wrong), called Building Site Near St. Paul's, Winter. This painting is maybe my favorite piece in the Art Miami Fair. I do not include a picture as it will not translate that way. There were also some wonderful Henri Cartier-Bresson and Iriving Penn photographs....and damn, also Alec Soth.
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