CCP: Next Conversation 2014 Twitter feed

[Darin Boville]

It looks like Oklahoma is showing a big exhibit of Ansel, they're doing it right: let the works be shown, not hoarded and hidden!

http://www.okcmoa.com/see/exhibitions/ansel-adams/

Hey, if this is the one that MPA is San Diego had on show a few (four? five?) years ago it's a good one. Small but good. They had, if I recall correctly--a very early Monolith and a photo album of Ansel's early work with the Sierra Club. A few early things I hadn't seen before, and I've seen lots of Ansel shows over the years. No catalog though--I love catalogues since you can't take pictures. You start to forget!

--Darin

[Bill Burk]

How would you like a public library (or the library of congress) where you can't select a book? You walk in only on Fridays, and see the books the library has pulled for you to read.

I occasionally find something worth reading on the "staff selections" shelf of my local library. So it's not an entirely bad idea.

I'm excited by the idea that I could easily make a "dummy" show of prints I would be interested in seeing. And we can work out the details anytime later whether or not the "show" ever physically gets pulled and viewed.

[Mark Sawyer]

I did write, and have received the following from Allie Smith, Marketing Assistant & Digital Projects Imaging Specialist at CCP:

"Merg,

Unfortunately we are no longer able to accommodate public requests to view items from our Collections. The sensitive and delicate nature of the items made it impossible to continue to pull material by request. As a minor remedy for this we created Photo Fridays, which take place on the first Friday of every month, and provide an opportunity for the public to view a curated selection of unframed prints by a variety of photographers from our Collection. The theme changes each month and details can be found on our website under Events.

If you are requesting access for specific research or educational purposes I can direct you to the contact person for that.

Sincerely,

Allie Smith"

Just as an update, (I'm killing time on Sunday morning, waiting on a friend), the CCP ended its Photo Friday a couple of years ago. Everything else remains the same...