What I find fascinating about your snaps Barry is the fact that always,
'Despite very short advance notice, I was prepared enough to focus the
snapshot.' That seems to be your poetic, & it does 'catch' some
marvelous possibilities from others....
In a different way, the other snaps so far have been catching moments,
but in one's own life, well, too. As usual, neat stuff....
Doug
On 7-Dec-05, at 11:02 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> SPEAK, ZAHA HADID
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> [“There was a loss in the belief in the realm of possibility.”]
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> [“I’m telling you, if you don’t stop it I will call a lawyer now.”]
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> Say, “Look we have a great building!”
> Painful for
> everybody, but it’s important that we actually don’t say . . .
> “Amazing!”
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> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 12-7-05 (1:04 PM)
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> I can’t remember exactly why I didn’t produce a piece of writing out
> of the
> experience of viewing (on three separate occasions) an exhibit of the
> work
> of Zaha Hadid at the National Building Museum in Washington DC
> approximately two years ago. Starting perhaps ten years ago, I
> had “intended” to write about this Iraqi-born, London-based architect.
> Then, last Sunday, prompted by her becoming the first woman to receive
> architecture’s most prestigious award, the Pritzker prize, chance laid
> before me perhaps six minutes of video coverage which I assumed
> wouldn’t be
> retrievable. Despite very short advance notice, I was prepared enough
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> focus the snapshot above and I hope to continue writing about her when
> other aspects come into view.
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Douglas Barbour
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My roof was once firm
yet now it cannot even
keep the stars out.
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