Post by Capo on Jan 28, 2007 14:18:31 GMT
Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
Louis Lumière 1895 France
Photographers arrive at Lyon.
The titles of these films are not only self-explanatory but telling of cinematic intentions: they're all to do with single events, recording something people might flock to see (and did) because it was an intimate way of seeing something otherwise only available in public... knowledge of means of exhibition of these films is essential in lending context and thus appreciation to such seemingly ordinary shots.
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
Louis Lumière 1895 France
Photographers arrive at Lyon.
The titles of these films are not only self-explanatory but telling of cinematic intentions: they're all to do with single events, recording something people might flock to see (and did) because it was an intimate way of seeing something otherwise only available in public... knowledge of means of exhibition of these films is essential in lending context and thus appreciation to such seemingly ordinary shots.