Exhibit | Foncie's Foto's
Thursday, 6 June 2013
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The Museum of Vancouver's electrical flow exhibit (starts today, June sixth through to Jan 5th, 2014) features the photography locomote of Foncie Pulice, Vancouver’s final lensman of post-war street photography. Foncie photographed people equally they walked along i of the most busiest intersections inwards downtown Vancouver. His photographic television camera which he donated to the Museum when he retired inwards 1979, was an assemblage of country of war surplus metallic plate on wheels decorated amongst a cherry-red plastic lightening bolt. Its flash was powered yesteryear a motorcar battery together with the photographic television camera used large reels of motion-picture present celluloid together with thence that Foncie could shoot for hours on end.
The exhibition has worked inwards collaboration amongst the Knowledge Network, which is producing shorts near Foncie that volition live shown inwards the exhibition, likewise equally a characteristic documentary that volition premiere after inwards the year. Those amongst photograph taken yesteryear Foncie are encouraged to upload together with part via “Foncie’s Corner” on the Knowledge Network site (http://fonciescorner.knowledge.ca). I grabbed a few that caught my oculus from there: Above: Photo from the 70s - Is that Dave Grohl's Dad? Love this couple, her purse, coat, turtleneck. His tee, jeans, mitt on belt. (Notice he's carrying a stretched canvas)?
The exhibit is curated yesteryear Joan Seidl together with designed yesteryear Resolve Design. More information at museumofvancouver.ca.