Roland Michaud: photography, but also bike. I didn't glom onto this until just now:
En 1950, en récompense de sa réussite au baccalauréat, ses parents lui offrent un vélo de randonnée et lui permettent d’entreprendre son premier vrai voyage : un périple à bicyclette de 85 jours en Europe du Nord qui le mène jusqu’en Laponie ; il y réalise ses premières photos en noir et blanc avec un appareil Kodak de 1894 ayant appartenu à son grand-père. Après un séjour d’études en Angleterre, il entreprend en 1955 avec son frère cadet Jean-Claude un vaste périple en auto stop au Moyen-Orient où Roland prend ses premières photos couleurs. Ils décrivent leur aventure dans un récit resté inédit : *École buissonnière en Perse*. In 1950, as a reward for passing his baccalaureate, his parents gave him a touring bicycle and allowed him to go on his first real tour: an 85-day bicycle trip across northern Europe which took him as far as Lapland; it was during this trip that he took his first black and white photos with a 1894 Kodak apparatus that had belonged to his grandfather. After a period of study in England, with his younger brother Jean-Claude he began a huge hitchhiking trip across the Middle Easts where Roland took his first color photos. They described their adventures in an unpublished story, *Playing Hooky in Persia.* On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not familiar with Roland Barth; sorry. Doubt I'd have much patience > with "philosophy of aesthetics;" me, I like to see the pikchurs. I named > Roland Michaud: > > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_et_Sabrina_Michaud > > And I meant the cheap digital pen cameras, or stick cameras if you like -- > $5 or $10 and often given away as promotions. Fun to use, in part because > they were so damned primitive, and getting even minimally decent results > required you to think a bit (no software to compensate for your > hamfistedness). > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Zed Martinez <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Patrick, I have some complicated thoughts that lean often negatively >> about Roland Barthe (because, my, he could come across quite pompous), but >> he has this notion when he discusses what he likes about photography called >> the 'punctum' that I find to be a very useful term, and an interesting >> read. Either via the long slug in 'Camera Lucida' itself, or readily >> discussed online. The broad stroke, though, is that in some photos for >> every person there is an element that sometimes occurs that sticks out, >> that 'pricks' the viewer, and which dominates the photo for them (in the >> way that draws them in and makes the image last). Barthes opinion if I >> remember is that the punctum has to be an accident, planned elements are >> contrived or flat. it's the accident of a detail that resonates for the >> viewer which the artist could not have known about that's what really >> drives great photography. Not quite the same as what makes a photo 'good,' >> but, I think perhaps it's a concept you'd enjoy. >> >> Also, were those the older film Pens popular on the iBOB? I gather as >> much from the context of the thread, but Olympus loose usage of that term >> in both film and digital means I usually find it safer to ask than assume. >> >> On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 4:23:25 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> Forgot to add that, what, 10 years ago? -- there were recurring threads >>> on the iBoblist about on-bike photography using those extremely primitive >>> and extremely cheap pen cameras, and uploading to the cloud via some very >>> primitive transfer software. Some Bobs got some very surprisingly good >>> results, given the indecently primitive nature of the cameras -- I briefly >>> owned one and got some shots uploaded to the proto-cloud with mine. Kent >>> Petersen was notable for his good results with this minimalist technology. >>> This may be an instance; at any rate, it is Kent's (he gave me permission >>> to use it for my website, which I never did). >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This request added by a very definitely non-photographer: Respondents, >>>> please post some of your sample or typical photos per Philip's questions, >>>> be these bike-related or not. I have not taken the trouble to learn >>>> anything of the art beyond the grossest rudiments, but I do enjoy seeing >>>> good photography. >>>> >>>> [What elements make a good photograph? Subject, treatment, >>>> technicalities. Append sample. I seriously would like to see others' ideas >>>> of what is good. Me, conventional choices, no doubt: Ansel Adams, Roland >>>> and Sabrina Michaud (I still have their Afghan book), and Mirella Ricciardi >>>> (I still have her "Vanishing Africa" book), and Dorothea Lange (have it >>>> too). Back to regular programming.] >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Philip Williamson < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I marked this OT, but changed my mind, since Grant writes about and >>>>> shoots analog film. >>>>> My question isn't about gear (no surprise if it goes there, though), >>>>> it's about subject matter. I have cameras, and film, and some okay ways to >>>>> carry them on the bike (suggestions there couldn't hurt). >>>>> >>>>> What I'm looking for is inspiration as I build myself a rule-set for a >>>>> film photography project. On my morning commutes, I've been keeping my eye >>>>> out for "what would I shoot if I were shooting film" moments. >>>>> >>>>> 1. What do you film photographers shoot when you shoot film? Do you >>>>> approach it differently than phone camera or digital shooting? >>>>> 2. Do you cycle to shoot, or is it a wholly unrelated hobby? >>>>> 3. Anybody shoot color? I want to do this now, since a friend develops >>>>> color at home using a sous vide (cooking) setup to control temps. >>>>> >>>>> Please link to your images, if you care to share. I'd really like to >>>>> see what the film folk are doing. >>>>> >>>>> Philip >>>>> Santa Rosa, CA >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>>> Other professional writing services. >>>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >>>> ************************************************************ >>>> **************************** >>>> *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>> Other professional writing services. >>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >>> ************************************************************ >>> **************************** >>> *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. 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