Sunday, December 2, 2007 – Hollywood Pirandello

In 1921 Pirandello wrote "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) – his most famous play, perhaps the first exercise in meta-theatre but also presenting larger questions having to do with defining existence and the responsibilities inherent in creativity.  Or maybe it was a joke.

Character do, however, sometimes just float free of their narrative. The author is long gone. They float around without a story any longer, working the tourists in front of the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Pirandello was born into an upper-class family in a Sicilian village with the curious name of Caos (Chaos) and died in 1936 – he would smile.

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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