Monday, September 27, 2010

Weekend of pictures {+ French chocolate boat}

{Mitch Epstein, Madison Avenue, New York City, 1973}
{Stephen Shore, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, August 13, 1974}
{Jan Groover, untitled, 1978}
{William Eggleston (an old fave), untitled, from Los Alamos, 1965-68}
Fun fact: Until the 1970s, only black & white photography got respect, color was "vulgar"! These vivid pictures from a weekend exhibit caught my eye - artists who made color photos an art.
~ Wishing you a colorful week! ~

P.S. And, oh my, this also caught my eye: Leave it to the French to make a sea-worthy boat out of chocolate (see BBC news clip).

(Images via Starburst (#1-3), the larkey experiments and TalkTalk. This post mysteriously disappeared, but is back now - with the chocolate update).

28 comments:

  1. Hahaha, that chocolate boat is just surreal! Imagine it melting all over your pants while you sit in it!

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  2. oh these are lovely pictures, a perfect set for monday morning and I love the chocolate boat!

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  3. LOL ..a chocolate boat - definitely more use than a chocolate teapot but you wouldn't want to eat it after! Isn't that a waste of perfectly good choccie? :)

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  4. Beautiful pictures..
    The guys on the boat looks so happy..
    Beautiful
    LOx

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  5. oh my goodness! that's crazy! a chocolate boat?! i wouldn't want to ride that thing in the summer!

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  6. Great pics... It's true color used to be for family snaps and b&w for art. Glad we didn't keep that artificial distinction. It's also great to see how our color palette has changed over the decades...

    A chocolate boat... that idea will keep my mind busy today!

    xo

    bb

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  7. I never knew that about color photography! And I love that last photo of the drink on the plane ;)

    ...A French boat made out of chocolate...figures..

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  8. Never knew that about B&W versus color photography. Really interesting!
    Love, love, love the boat!!!

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  9. Hmmm...I'm thinking a chocolate boat, while cool, may be a waste of perfectly good chocolate. lol

    Happy Monday!

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  10. Vulgar? Quite the contrary! I just love all of these. Especially the first one. I love seeing the fashion in true color.

    And that chocolate boat is amazing. Who would have thought?

    Hope you're having a wonderful Monday :)

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  11. love that chocolate boat!

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  12. My ship would sink because I ate it.

    Love this post! I feel like I have a peak into your awesome mind!

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  13. I'm with Dancing Barnflake-we would certainly sink because i would've eaten the chocolate! Beautiful post and a great way to start off this dreary, rainy Monday. XX

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  14. Beautiful photographs, what a talent :)

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  15. Wait./.. what?! A boat made out of chocolate??! This is SO what I need! :D

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  16. Great photo finds. Great color shots too. And the chocolate boat, Awesome!!!!

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  17. FABULOUS photos!!! :)

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  18. Gorgeous!! Love the first picture! I <3 NY.

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  19. I'm glad color isn't considered vulgar anymore. You take some beautiful photographs -- I love that one of the glass in the airplane. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and leaving that sweet comment. I so adore meeting new bloggers.

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  20. chocolate boat! good... if i were stranded at sea with this, i wouldn't have to eat fish, cause i could eat chocolate!

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  21. love the vintage images!!! soooo cool!!!

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  22. I saw the title and had to read this post. Seriously, it's a small world because my friend's stepdad is the guy who made the chocolate boat! My husband stayed in the chocolatier's Paris apartment once! Crazy!

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