Posted in ART, BOOK, LONDON, PHOTO, tagged art, arte, belgesel, black and white, blanco y negro, book, Colin O'Brien, documentario, documentary, foto, fotografo, fotoğraf, fotoğrafçı, Irish, Irish children, kitap, libro, London, London Field's, Londra, Londres, photo, photography, phtographer, sanat, siyah beyaz, Travellers' Children in London Fields on 16 December 2013| Leave a Comment »
A black and white documentary photography book we bought on Saturday. Clerkenwell born photographer Colin O’Brien which is taking London photos since 1948, captured Irish travellers’ children in London fields in 1987. Photos of little ones with a grown up expression on their faces…
Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, FILMS, MUSIC, PHOTO, TRAVEL, tagged 1920, 1926, American, American Civil War, B&W, BBC, Birleşik Krallık, black and white, blanco y negro, Buster Keaton, cinema, City Hall, clasico, classic, Escocia, etkinlik, event, evento, film, Glasgow, Grand Central Hotel, klasik, música, müzik, movie, music, película, railway, Reino Unido, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, sessiz film, sessiz sinema, seyahat, silent cinema, silent film, silent movie, siyah beyaz, Skotland, Timothy Brock, train, travel, tren, UK, viaje, yolculuk, İskoçya on 30 July 2013| 2 Comments »
Last Friday, our last night in Scotland, we went to Glasgow’s old City Hall, built in 1841, to watch two Buster Keaton silent films accompanied by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on its UK Première.
First film was a Buster Keaton short comedy, One Week (1920) and the second one was a Keaton classic, The General (1926) inspired by American Civil War and the railways.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by American Timothy Brock who is also the composer of the musics, was brilliant. The harmony of the music with films was perfect. Watching two classics of silent cinema with such a great music was a big pleasure.
After the concert, finding a nice place with a working kitchen at 23.00 in Merchant City, Exchange Square and having a relax dinner with couple of glasses of wine was the last nice little touch of the evening.
Oh, sorry, the last little touch of the night was taking these photos in front of an old train photo in our hotel, Grand Central Hotel which is an old train station hotel dating back to 1883 and designed by Scottish architect Robert Rowand Anderson.
Posted in ART, BOOK, LONDON, PHOTO, tagged 1930, 1980, Another London, art, arte, black and white, blanco y negro, book, city life, foto, fotoğraf, international photographers, kitap, libro, London, Londra, Londres, photo, photography, sanat, siyah beyaz on 28 June 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another good B&W photography book about London city life’s past. The book, contains photos taken during the period between 1930 and 1980 by 41 international photographers such as Eve Arnold, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sergio Larrain, Marc Riboud.
Another London published by Tate in 2012, is a look from different angles to London’s city life through the lens of foreigner photographers.
Posted in BOOK, CAT, PHOTO, tagged black and white, blanco y negro, book, cat, foto, fotoğraf, gato, kedi, kitap, libro, photo, photography, siyah beyaz, Tatanka on 30 May 2013| 2 Comments »
This morning, one of us made a big surprise to the other one and gave the most meaningful gift ever: Tatanka Ile (With Tatanka). A black and white photo book full of the photos of our 20 years old cat son Tatanka which we lost in March. The book also contains cat poems written by poets from all around the world.
Tatanka was our taily son, our little black tiger, the pasha of our home. During twenty years, we grove up with him, we organised all our lives considering his comfort, we loved him more then anything.
Now we miss him, we miss him so much…
Posted in ART, BOOK, EVENTS, LONDON, MUSEUMS, PHOTO, tagged art, arte, black and white, blanco y negro, book, dünya prömiyeri, exhibition, exposicion, foto, fotoğraf, Genesis, kitap, libro, London, Londra, Londres, Natural History Museum, photo, photography, sanat, Sebastião Salgado, sergi, siyah beyaz, world premiere on 09 April 2013| Leave a Comment »
We met with Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado’s works first time in 1993, in his Trabajadores (Workers) exhibition, in Madrid. It was the most impressive photography exhibition ever with his giant size, black and white, magnificent, breathtaking photos. This morning, after 20 years of Trabajadores exhibition, we went to the London Natural History Museum for the preview of Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis exhibition world premiere. And with one word: breathtaking (again).
For us Sebastião Salgado is one of the best photographers in the world (for one of us, is the best). It was a previlege and bliss to see his photos taken all around the world again, to see and listen him personally today and to bring home artist’s Genesis book signed by himself.
Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis exhibition is a must see for photographers and photography enthusiasts specially and is open from tomorrow until 8 September 2013 at the Natural History Museum.
Posted in ART, CAT, MISCELLANEOUS, PHOTO, tagged Andy Prokh, art, arte, black and white, blanco y negro, cat, foto, fotoğraf, gato, kedi, My Best Friend, photo, photography, sanar, siyah beyaz on 08 April 2013| 2 Comments »
Economist and photographer Andy Prokh’s black&white photos of his 4 year old daughter Katherine and their cat Lilu.
Pure love!
Photos © Andy Prokh Source: ntvmsnbc
Posted in ART, EVENTS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, MUSEUMS, PHOTO, tagged art, arte, ballet dancer, black and white, blanco y negro, Chelsea, Dorothy Bohm, exhibition, exposicion, fashion, fashion photography, foto, fotoğraf, Light from the Middle East, London, Londra, Londres, moda, National Theatre, Norman Parkinson, photo, photography, Pizza Express, Proud Chelsea, sanat, Seraphine Astafieva, sergi, Sixties London, siyah beyaz, Victoria&Albert Museum on 05 April 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today we made a photography exhibition hat-trick with some stops in between. First we visited Dorothy Bohm’s Sixties London exhibition in Proud Chelsea Gallery in King’s Road. Dorothy Bohm, born in 1924 in Konigsberg, came to Britain when she was fifteen and since then she is based in the United Kingdom. The exhibition consist of artist’s black and white photos taken in London in sixties and is open until 28 April 2013.
We don’t like much big chains and since two years we were talking about trying Pizza Express at least once while we live in London but we were choosing always other alternatives. Today, while we were in Chelsea, finally we tried Pizza Express in King’s Road, in a lovely Georgian building where also lived the ballet dancer Princess Seraphine Astafieva between 1916-34. Result: Nice thin pizza but with a poor quantity of topping, the Merlot we drank was good, the service and smiling faces were excellent.
After making happy the belly and stopped in Anthropologie for a quick shopping, we walked to the Victoria & Albert Museum to visit Light from the Middle East: New Photography exhibition. The exhibition consist of various Middle Eastern artist’s work from different countries, with different approaches and diffrent techniques and open until 7 April 2013 (only one more day!).
After visiting the exhibition we stopped for tea time in Victoria & Albert Museum’s lovely cafe with it’s amazing decoration. Then we jumped on a underground and headed to the last exhibition of the day, Lifework: Norman Parkinson’s Century of Style in National Theatre. The exhibition is covering all aspects of British fashion photographer Norman Parkinson’s (1913-1990) works since thirties until his death and is open until 12 May 2013.
Posted in ART, BOOK, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, PHOTO, tagged 1958, 1959, black and white, blanco y negro, book, Chilean, chileno, foto, fotoğraf, kitap, libro, London, London 1958-59, Londra, Londres, Magnum, Magnum Agency, Magnum Photos, photo, photography, Sergio Larrain, siyah beyaz, vintage, Şilili on 04 April 2013| 2 Comments »
London 1958-59 is a good documentary photography book about London life during these years through the lens of a foreigner photographer.
Chilean photographer Sergio Larrain (1931), who is one of the members of MAGNUM agency and who visited London in 1958-59, documented a black and white portrait of this big city during his visit. The first UK edition of the book published in 1998 by Dewi Lewis Publishing.
Posted in ART, EVENTS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, MUSEUMS, PHOTO, tagged American, americano, Amerikan, art, arte, B&W, black&white, blanco y negro, exhibition, exposicion, foto, fotoğraf, London, Londra, Londres, Man Ray, müze, museo, museum, National Portrait Gallery, photo, photography, portraits, sanat, sergi, siyah beyaz on 02 April 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today is another freezing day in our little kingdom but at least is super sunny. The sun is always a good reason to get out of the house in London and thats why we headed today, to the National Portrait Gallery for Man Ray exhibition, buying some tea in Covent Garden and coffee in Soho for home and visiting some bookshops in Charing Cross Road.
Man Ray is one the photographers we adore his works. We had a chance to see his photos first time in 1997 in a Man Ray exhibition opened in Madrid. This time came to the city where we live and we didn’t want to miss the chance.
Man Ray Portraits exhibition is the first major museum retrospective of the artist’s portrait works with over 150 vintage prints from the collections all over the world. The exhibition is a retrospective which brings together artist’s works during the period he lived in America and in Paris between 1916-1968.
Man Ray Portraits exhibition is open in London National Portrait Gallery until 27 May 2013.
A Cat From London 