Not quite such a successful day - tired legs, sore ear for Adam and rain. But we walked over to the Centre Georges Pompidou and saw the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition. They have printed the photos using the technology available when they were taken which was interesting but we made the mistake of spending too long on the early ones and not long enough on the more recent photos which were amazing. So much of what we do in terms of having people walk in to a shot and the capture of movement was pioneered by him. After a rather feeble lunch in the cafe we 'did' the modern collection - 1960 onwards which involved quite a lot of 'are you serious?' type remarks. The 'Plural Modernities from 1905 to 1970' exhibition was quite brilliant though - wish we'd had more energy for it.
Three GT:
1. Coffee in Galleries Lafayette overlooking the beautiful dome.
2. The Metro for tired legs.
3. I didn't get killed by brawling women on the escalator at Gare du Nord though briefly I thought I might be...
An artistic shot. Am envious of your opportunity to see the Cartier-Bresson exhibition. I remember watching what was meant to be a serious short film with my daughter in the Centre Pompidou some years ago, and it was so ridiculous we just couldn't stop laughing and had to leave! A case of the Emperor's New Clothes, we thought.
@maggiemae Oh yes Maggie - mother and daughter I think. Quite well to do - mass frenzy of hair-pulling, umbrella throwing, bags flying.... Shame they ran up above me on the escalator before throwing each other down it. Took three huge, male family members to lie on them until they all rolled/dragged each other off the top - whereupon they carried on scrapping. Must be nursing some massive bruises.
the exhibition sounds amazing Judith..... It's 14 years since we went to Paris (one and only time i've been). I wasn't into photography then. Wish I knew then what I know now. We did do a fab walk near the Sacré Cœur and found a vineyard in Paris :)
The exhibition sounds amazing despite your dwindling energy reserves. Although it sounds like the quality of the work served to perk you up, I love his genre of photography...such a master of candids and street photography.
Still marveling at the escalator event. So glad you weren't taken out by the fracas. A mother/daughter scrum...can you image the tension in that household? Ugh.
Great shot and I love your write up. I went once to a Stanley Spencer art exhibition which was superb and vast I was totally exhausted by the end of it and wished I could have done it over several days in shorter chunks. Neat touch that they used the contemporary processing methods - a pal of mine is expert in all that she's a conservator at Churchill College
Ahh, the Centre di Pompidou was one of my favourites, too - so crazy ;). Those brawling women sound dangerous - good thing you weren't beaten up. Maybe you need to take karate lessons from your daughter ;)).
February 23rd, 2014
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Still marveling at the escalator event. So glad you weren't taken out by the fracas. A mother/daughter scrum...can you image the tension in that household? Ugh.