Hey!
Just want to share two great photography exhibitions I saw recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here in NYC. Hats off to the MET that they put all of the works on-line for the world to see. Although not the same as standing a foot in front of these photos, but just click "full screen" to zoom in for more detail.
The first one is "Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris" A great collection of photographs of the old Paris before they were demolished for the grande boulevards that we know today.
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/charles-marville The quality of Marville's photos are extraordinary, especially these are from mid 1800's. He is a great photographer, I can tell the cares he put in of taking these photos.
The next one of which was in adjacent gallery was " Paris as Muse : Photography, 1840s–1930s "
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/paris-as-muse A great collection of photos for Paris from the beginning or photography to early part of last Century. I was surprised to see photos from Talbot, considered to be the one of the inventor of photography beside Daguerre. And Talbot was the first to come up with the concept of negative of which can be reproduce by using paper negative. You can see his print show the paper negative's texture on the final print.
Well, enjoy guys
Take care,
Buddy
