Hello Mikhail made a number of very abstract but vacuous statements. He was photographing "shapes in movement". I recall we did this in our photographic course but all the dancers were nude. This was about the short course we did on life studies and we also had to draw the people. I tend to use the brush for drawing and not do an outline in pencil. It is strange how artists express themselves, they say things like "heat" and "emotion" when really they mean "color and movement" and "the human form". I was forcibly taught when drawing a human body that it was not a human body but light, shadow and color and trained to notice that and not the object itself and that the golden section was actually the proportions of the human body as a geometrical object. When we did the classic image of humanity that Leonardo taught us one of the Liz obliged me as a model. This unfortunate lady (a good friend of mine) was later shot as a traitor because she was a socialist. We never discussed politics so I do not know her offence. The execution I witnessed after a two minute hearing was of a left wing girl student of 17 who manifested left wing views. This execution was carried out in a room in the college where I took photography and I narrowly missed the same fate. The "Royal Executioner" was dressed in a royal uniform as in the Mikado and was armed with a service automatic 9 mm pistol with which he carried out the killings. The 17 year old girl's body was wheeled out in a stretcher and put in a waiting ambulance for disposal. That is Britain in 2001 and this purge of left wingers continues now. The pictures of Liz that I took were retained by the college and I have none of her now. Some of my images and video clips were removed by the police when they seized my computer as well as other files of patents I have applied for. My home was broken into by the police when I was out although the care worker had the key. That is Britain today, we never were a democracy. Chris. :> -----Original Message----- :> From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner- :> photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Eichhorn :> Sent: 24 March 2008 00:17 :> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students :> Subject: Multimedia from NYTimes.com: Merce My Way :> :> Mikhail Baryshnikov as a photographer explaining what motivates him! :> :> Roger :> :> Multimedia from NYTimes.com: :> :> Merce My Way :> http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20080323_MERCE_FEATURE/index.ht :> ml :> :> :> :> -------------------------------------------------------------- :> :> View more multimedia from The New York Times at :> http://www.nytimes.com/multimedia :> , or search content since Jan. 1, 2000 at :> http://www.nytimes.com/multimediasearch :> . :> :> -------------------------------------------------------------- :>
