William Messer commented on Paul Hill's blog post Yolande, wife of Lucien Clergue, dies at 95
"Thank you, Paul. Where/when was that photo taken? Was it July '76 in la Carmargue? If so, Lee Miller died just 12 months later, and Roland left the ICA he'd founded. La Fondation Vincent van Gogh remains Yolande's brilliant legacy for Arles.
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Sep 30
William Messer commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Obituary: Paddy Summerfield (1947-2024) - 'the most photographic person I have ever known'
"It is deeply saddening to learn of Paddy Summerfield's passing, tempered only slighly by the information that the Bodleian Library has acquired his archive and plans a major exhibiion, both richly deserved – although I am greatly suprized to know it…"
Apr 23
William Messer commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Exhibition: Photography on the Move The Half Moon Touring Shows / opens 24 November 2023
"Julie Mimmack's (double m's) part of Half Moon's touring exhibition No Access may have been titled "The Cage is Fixed." She had an article in issue 86 of Spare Rib in 1979 (pp14-15) about "Physical Relationships and the Disabled Woman" (presently…"
Nov 27, 2023
William Messer commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Exhibition: Photography on the Move The Half Moon Touring Shows / opens 24 November 2023
"Will do.
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Nov 22, 2023
William Messer commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Exhibition: Photography on the Move The Half Moon Touring Shows / opens 24 November 2023
"One of the many exhibitions Half Moon produced and toured was an 1981 exhibition by disabled photographers titled "No Access" which was paired with or included a very intimate and moving sub-exhibition by the quadriplegiac photographer Julie Mimack…"
Nov 21, 2023