http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html en Copyright 2009 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:55:49 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss writeFlash( "http://blog.magnumphotos.com/images/PIG_EU_Parliament/fg.swf?xmlpath=http://blog.magnumphotos.com/images/PIG_EU_Parliament/images.xml&sheight=381", "536", "381" ) France. Strasbourg. Council of Europe. Plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe debate under urgent procedure: The consequences of the war between Georgia and Russia. © Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos I attended the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe debate, under urgent procedure, on the consequences of the war between Georgia and Russia. As I crossed the debating chamber I realized that the verbal battle was going to be less photogenic than a cannon battle, I took a seat, placed my Canon onto my lap, put on the simultaneous translation headphones and started to listen to the debate. The mouths moved out of line with the words being heard in my ears - the debate enthralled me. My concentration was broken by a security guard, who informed me that I was sitting in a place reserved for a delegate and the area for photographers was opposite. A man of arms, he could not hide his interest in my "cannon", I passed it to him and he examined it with childish curiosity. I gave him permission to fire the first shot at the assembly with it, which he did without thinking of the consequences. That haphazard photo was the key to my understanding of the contretemps needed to photograph anything in the building. Within this Babylonian tower of Europe I made ambiguous images corresponding to the essence of the debate, unsynchronized swimming in murky waters. The politicians spoke with the authority of high mammals and whilst they slept the Canon smoked. Links » Gueorgui Pinkhassov's Magnum Portfolio » View all images of "Battle Of Strasbourg"]]> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html <p>Very nice portfolio !</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27119 <p>...welcome to planet pinkhassov....</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27121 <p>Excellent work! Clever, intelligent photography.Creative( and above all effective!) use of selective focus, nice and daring compositions, suggestiveness through form and light. He avoided specifications ,which means cheap anecdotalising and trivializing of his narrative and consequently his iconography . One of the rare times colour pictures achieve art. Straight to the point photography in spite of its rather oblique way of expression.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27123 <p>Mr. Pinkhassov,</p> <p>You are one of my favorite Photographers.<br /> Amazing, sensitive, colorful works. Extraordinary vision!<br /> Marcin</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27124 <p>very boring<br /> sorry</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27126 <p>Pinkhassov, comme toujours, </p> <p>Et le Verbe et l'image! </p> <p> ( à quand le livre réunissant ces bi 'réflexions'?) </p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27137 <p>vous laissez tomber les collègues !<br /> Dommage .</p> <p>MAGNUM n'est pas garante de la moralité des photographes maintenant ! DOMAGE !</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27151 <p>Mr Rogoff:Boring comment...</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27158 <p>No. 5 is the best of these.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27188 <p>Pevost Wavier vous écrivez: <br /> vous laissez tomber les collègues !<br /> Dommage .</p> <p>MAGNUM n'est pas garante de la moralité des photographes maintenant ! DOMAGE !<br /> --------------------------<br /> Pourriez-vous expliciter? En quoi laisse-t-il tomber les collègues? Et l'immoralité où se trouve-elle? <br /> </p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27201 <p>2nikos roccos: I must add that like other pinkhassov works very much BUT not this<br /> should I like it by force? :))<br /> regards</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-27483 <p>Le nom de celle par qui tout a commencé en 1984 fait partie intégrante de ta biographie : il mérite d'être mentionnné. Bravo pour les photos sur le grand Nord. Josette</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-82762 <p>Great work you have done.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/10/battle_of_strasbourg.html#comment-105299