I am slowly getting the hang of my new job. I have met a lot of people, sat in on a lot of meetings, and read a lot of information. My brain and my body are no longer used to the 5 day work week, but we're all slowly adjusting. I have noticed a couple of photo-related items recently that I'd like to share.
The Art Institute of Chicago has two great sounding photo shows. One just opened, the Henri Cartier-Bresson show, which I believe Kathleen went to see and raved about to me. I really want to see this.
I'd also like to see this Louis Sullivan exhibit. Long-time readers will remember that I am quite the fan of Sullivan. The exhibit features photos by John Szarkowski (I have one of his book that I love - great Half Price Books find), Aaron Siskind, and Richard Nickel. Nickel is another favorite of mine, I have one of his books as well. You can read about his tragic ending here. (Plus one of my favorite Chicago moments was during the opening weekend of Millennium Park, listening to Ira Glass do a live show of This American Life recounting Nickel's story to a Chris Ware cartoon.) I hope I can get to Art Institute soon.
I saw this story about Rich Clarkson, one of the most influential photojournalists in this country, on NPR and had to send it on to some people. Click through if only to look at the photo slide show. Great stuff.
Also, you know what happens this week? The Impossible Project's new color film comes out. In the words of one of my twitter friends, squee!
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