Bright Moments

you won't be sorry!

surely i am not the only one to have discovered this gem??!!!

thanks bob! i will definately check this one out! got it! quite different and recommended for the funny ratters!

(picasso - by Arnold Newman) Photographer Arnold Newman dies at age 88 By Arthur Spiegelman Wed Jun 7, 1:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Photographer Arnold Newman, whose portraits of artists like Igor Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso aimed to capture their souls, not just their faces, died on Tuesday at age 88 at a New York hospital, friends said. Newman, whose work appeared frequently in Life magazine, was famed for pioneering a style called "environmental portraiture" in which an artist and his or her craft were aligned in a pose that could stay with a viewer forever. Often a painter would be set against his or her works until they seemed a part of it. One of the most famous examples of the style was his portrait of composer Stravinsky, sitting off to the side of a grand piano, his head tiny and in the corner of the picture dominated by the piano's huge, open kidney-shaped sounding board. His portrait of Picasso showed a pensive artist whose own face might pass for a Picasso painting. His photograph of actress Marilyn Monroe with disheveled hair and seemingly lost in sad thoughts hinted at the dark tragedy that was yet to come. Jonathan Klein, the chief executive of photo agency Getty Images and a friend of Newman's, called him "a true pioneer who advanced the art of portraiture throughout his career." "He captured the defining images of many of the most notable figures of the 20th century and greatly influenced the generation of photographers who carry on this tradition today," Klein said. In a career lasting 65 years, Newman photographed hundreds of famed figures in politics, business, arts and letters. In an interview with Apogee Photo Magazine, Newman recalled that sometimes he was at a loss on how to take a picture as when he photographed Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank, the teenage Dutch girl who came to symbolize the victims of the Holocaust. "How could I ask this man to pose? I couldn't. Instead I just waited and Otto went into a deeply pensive mood. It was then I took the photograph," Newman said. He recalled that the two men embraced and cried when the photo shoot ended, according to interviewer Ysabel de la Rosa. Newman was born on March 3, 1918, in New York City and raised in New Jersey and Florida. He studied art at the University of Miami and began photography in 1938 in chain portrait studios. In 1941, he was discovered by Beaumont Newhall of the Museum of Modern Art and famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz and given an exhibit. His work has been the subject of several books and exhibitions. Reuters/VNU

hey the board was DOWN!!!!! happy birthday!!!!

too rich for my blood! i think we should stick with cd v. cd ok? Okie-dokie! Let the bloodshed begin! Hey, whattya want to set as the max. dollar amount: $10? $15? $20? Your call. $20

too rich for my blood! i think we should stick with cd v. cd ok?

will that stave off another postal rate increase?

you betcha big al! cd v. cd? heat WILL win!

i have enjoyed faddis's live performances (including his high notes!!!) nice photos!

nice series guys. the heat were just to much. makes up for last year - big time! williams was unconscious tonight! big daddy 28 points 16 rebounds, WOW!!! and wade (even sick) made some amazing shots! on to the finals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dig

lon, you will really dig her! this is a hidden treasure!

what's this dude's story?

I touted this CD 2 1/2 years ago in this thread. Someone finally agrees. yes - and how about that ryan kisor on trumpet! but how about that ryan kisor on trumpet?

pistons played well tonight - prince had the hot hand. guess we will have a game 6!

hmmmmmmmm no consensus!

anything with don cherry really

tonight its lights out for the pistons!

who was this dude? where to start?

I touted this CD 2 1/2 years ago in this thread. Someone finally agrees. yes - and how about that ryan kisor on trumpet!

One of my favorite Greene novels. I also particularly liked Monsignor Quixote. i am half way through. i read our man in havana last year. any recommendations for my next greene? In addition to MQ, I would recommend The Third Man (if you haven't seen the film), The Quiet American and maybe Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party (a late novel). thx!

One of my favorite Greene novels. I also particularly liked Monsignor Quixote. i am half way through. i read our man in havana last year. any recommendations for my next greene?

except of course:

i really enjoyed this one: one of the highlights for me was the play of ryan kisor on trumpet. why haven't we heard more about him here?