tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post8469972128952103706..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Atget in the ZoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-87144740934023157722007-04-11T19:06:00.000-06:002007-04-11T19:06:00.000-06:00Don't worry, you'll get it one day if you let your...Don't worry, you'll get it one day if you let yourself...<BR/><BR/>My last attempt was at the Getty in Los Angeles. I'm afraid very few moved me although I was rooting for them to do just that. <BR/><BR/>Now if Szarkowski has some appeal you may be interested in purchasing a signed copy of his first book 'Minnesota' from 1953 that I found recently.Robert Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692106097414753527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-66790295604387296252007-04-11T04:58:00.000-06:002007-04-11T04:58:00.000-06:00John, Great story - thanks for telling these. It m...John,<BR/><BR/> Great story - thanks for telling these. It must have been great fun talking to Mr. Powell.<BR/><BR/>DylanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-11500443649765734392007-04-10T22:40:00.000-06:002007-04-10T22:40:00.000-06:00Bob,I think someone mentioned earlier, John Szarko...Bob,<BR/><BR/>I think someone mentioned earlier, John Szarkowski was asked how he would decide which pictures to grab if the MoMA was on fire - he said he would have a hard time deciding which Evans or Weston or Adams to grab, but with Atget it was easy - he would just grab whichever was on the top of the pile.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry, you'll get it one day if you let yourself...tim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-13327951598189258502007-04-10T22:32:00.000-06:002007-04-10T22:32:00.000-06:00Wish I could fall in love with Atget's work. He s...Wish I could fall in love with Atget's work. He seems deserving. But it's such an effort to find worthyness.Robert Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692106097414753527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-38022842726589860192007-04-10T09:14:00.000-06:002007-04-10T09:14:00.000-06:00Dylan,Mr. Powell was 91 as I said, and my friends ...Dylan,<BR/><BR/>Mr. Powell was 91 as I said, and my friends who got us together said that it was a shame I did get to talk to him a few years earlier, since he remembered much more. I could bring up the Man Ray story for him since I knew about it. But other unprompted stories were much harder. <BR/>I brought the 1930 Atget with me to our lunch, and he identified things he remembered.The stairs to Atgets apartments, his work room, etc. But the best answer of all, but most liky the least helpful was the first question I asked him.<BR/>Mr. Powell, what did you and Atget talk about? Powell put his head back, almost to tilt to the past, and said " Women of course, that is what we all talked about"<BR/><BR/>JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-73740409269863415892007-04-10T03:41:00.000-06:002007-04-10T03:41:00.000-06:00John, Did Mr Powell tell you any other stories abo...John,<BR/><BR/> Did Mr Powell tell you any other stories about Atget? Fascinating stuff!<BR/><BR/>DylanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-22725044275255410242007-04-09T22:13:00.000-06:002007-04-09T22:13:00.000-06:00Yes,i think the "real" Atget can be found somewher...Yes,<BR/><BR/>i think the "real" Atget can be found somewhere between the Szarkoski/Homburg view and the Nesbit view - but exactly where leaves plenty of room for intriguetim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-59193595664808359442007-04-09T10:29:00.000-06:002007-04-09T10:29:00.000-06:00Tim,I had the great lucky a number of years ago of...Tim,<BR/>I had the great lucky a number of years ago of meeting Mr. Peter Powell (91 at the time) who knew Atget in Paris. The Powells Gretchan & Peter were very wealthy Vanty Fair photographers (worth looking up, they taught Bresson photography).They had a studio in the same building as Man Ray and knew Atget well.Mr. Powell had an interesting variant on a well know story.<BR/>When Man Ray published Atget's photos in " La Revolution Surrealiste", the story goes that Atget told Man Ray he should not of published them in as art since they were just documents. Powell saw Atget close to that meeting and Atget said to Powell that he was sorry his work had been publishe with such " unserious artists " that his photos aspired to greater things.<BR/>It give you a totally different sebse of Atgets view of his work.<BR/><BR/>I love the "Zone" phots too. They were a guide for me in Berlin.<BR/><BR/>John GossageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com