My daughter has been visiting her brother in New Jersey for the past 2 week.
She came back this morning, and I had to pick her up in Madrid, about 4 hours
drive from Alicante. Since the PhotoEspaña festival is on right now, I went to
Madrid yesterday morning and spent all day visiting several photo exhibitions.
I saw much great and inspiring work, but for my daily pics I show you three
dogs.
I started my day with the most important exhibition, of photos by Catalan
photographer Francesc Català-Roca, at an exhibition centre of the Madrid
autonomous region. The exhibition was a total revelation that proved to me
conclusively that Català-Roca was one of the 2-3 greatest photographers of the
20th century, far superior to some of our icons including Cartier-Bresson, held
back by being from what was than a cultural backwater under a Fascist
dictatorship and thus not on the radar screen of the cognoscenti in New York,
Paris, and other cultural capitals of the world. I will write more about him
later, but in the meantime here is the lady at the front desk of the exhibition
venue, with her assistant:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A>
I had parked my car at the hotel and used the excellent Madrid metro to move
around the city throughout the day. I have no idea about the rules for bringing
dogs on the metro, but this is Spain and we are pragmatic here. I took several
photos of this fellow passenger, with my Fuji camera, with my phone, and with
my Olympus film camera. Here is the Fuji shot:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A>
I finished the day with dinner at a Japanese restaurant in the Chueca
neighbourhood, a part of Madrid full of gay bars, vegan shops and otherwise
great vibes. I went there to see an exhibition of work by a Czech photographer.
Afterwards, I had dinner and on my way back to the metro, I photographed my
third dog of the day:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A
<https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A>
I had a great day in Madrid, despite the temperatures approaching 40C, making
it a bit challenging to walk around. Fortunately, cold beer is widely available
;-)
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.frozenlight.eu
YNWA
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