Sudek Exhibit

[sionnac]

A Josef Sudek exhibit just opened at the MFA in Boston, runs through

January of 2005. I especially liked the still life images and the

studio-window interiors looking out at his apple tree or the rain.

They conveyed such a painterly eye for detail, as well as a love for

the place in which he worked. <br>

<a

href="http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sudek_poetwithcamera.html">Sudek

Exhibit, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts</a>

[joe_weiler]

Josef Sudek (1896-1976) "Poet of Prague" is a great exhibit. To

think that he worked as a photographer for 60 years with one

arm is amazing. (He lost his right arm from "Friendly Fire" in

World War I. The Trustman Galley exhibit provides an intimate

setting to visit with his work. The catalog says he was influenced

by an exhibit of soft focus photographs by American

photographer, Clarence White. My favorite images were his 1940

"Window Series", showing in focus condensation and out of

focus outside scenes. Great show, two thumbs up, worth a visit

to Boston to see real prints!

[emre]

I just went to it, and I liked it. The prints were overwhelmingly low-contrast (middle key, if such a term exists.) My favorites were the adjacent pair of square-cropped, soft-focus prints in the rear room (including "SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON KOLIN ISLAND", of which a contact print was present for comparison.) Notable was the inclusion of some pigment prints (the ones with a reddish-brown cast.)