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Friday, May 15, 2009 – Shape Shifters
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At the corner of Melrose and Wilton Place, a new mural, an homage to Frida Kahlo (born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) the famous Mexican painter who mixed realism, symbolism, and surrealism so well – and so you get the Aztec/Mayan symbols, the shape shifters. Kahlo was married to Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, and you might have seen the movie – "From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary." No? Well, it won two Oscars.
Maybe the mural is better.
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If you wish to use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me. And should you choose to download any of these images and use them invoking the "fair use" provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, please provide credit, and, on the web, a link back to this site.
Technical Note:
These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.
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All text and photos unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 - Alan M. Pavlik
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