"It would have bored me...to have restricted myself to one specific direction for my whole life, for example, landscape photography. A photographer should never impose such restrictions upon himself" Josef Sudek The meeting today was an "open session" and had an eclectic agenda. Rene showed his recent book he created based upon his photography here in Pasadena...a slick volume he hopes will entice the city fathers to hand out to visitors. Bill talked about his recent visit to Prague and his re-introduction to a Czech photographer called the "Poet of Prague"....Josef Sudek. Sudek chronicled life in Prague in the 20's and 30's and was known for his street scenes, panoramas, still life but avoided people in general. He lugged around a large view camera despite being handicapped having just one arm. He lived a largely reclusive life in Prague and even produced a body of work looking out his studio window. Bill showed some of his Art of the City Wall shots from his recent visit to Prague...see below We then looked at a unique set of images..."Scarecrows" by Pete Mitchell. Below is just his first image that prompted his other images...this series appeared in the NYT. The link is below www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/magazine/the-startling-beauty-of-scarecrows.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 Finally, some of wondered about Richard's "f8" book??? Richard, what happened...where are you?
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