I think it's a human thing. Here's a strange thing. I'm piecemeal reading a book at the moment, called Les Rencontres de Lucien Clergue (https://www.amazon.fr/Lucien-Clergue-ses-rencontres-Photographies/dp/2862344451).
I wanted to write that it was Les Rencontres de Jeanloup Sieff, but couldn't find any reference to that book, so I checked my copy. It means that for almost 40 years I have conflated these two photographers in my mind. It probably explains why I found it so hard to reconcile Sieff's nudes and the early photos by Clergue, and that is one of the reasons I bought the book. I think I met Clergue/Sieff in about 1980 when hitchhiking around Europe. He gave me and my gf a lift and we stayed at his place in Arles for a night and talked a lot about photography. I thought it was Sieff, but maybe it was Clergue - I don't think Sieff was particularly connected with Arles. I prefer Clergue's nudes to Sieff's, although I don't think they're his best work. B > On 29 Aug 2016, at 15:35, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jonvelle shares his fondness for bottom curves with Jeanloup Sieff, > another great Frenchman. I wonder if it's a French thing, or is it > continental Europeans -- Italians, Spaniards -- in general? > > In keeping with the spirit of the theme I shall be exploring the rear > view extensively myself. > > Thanks, Bob! > > >> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> I suspect that could be a fairly successful series - I look forward to >> seeing it. >> >> I say this because when I looked at your photo The first thing that came to >> mind was Jane Birkin, and that whole sixties, South of France look. I've >> never heard of Jonvelle before (sounds like a man-made fibre from the >> 1950s), but I looked at his site, which confirms my first thought. >> >> Based on my superficial analysis, he seems to have a particular fondness for >> bum cleavage. It must have so tormented him to walk through a building site. >> >> http://www.jonvelle.com/docs/elles/portfolio/portfolio.pdf >> >> B >> >>> On 28 Aug 2016, at 14:37, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A teaser for Cotty, really. :) An outtake from my upcoming Jonvellesque >>> series. >>> >>> http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/149600276892 >>> >>> 645z, 55mm/2.8; window light >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
