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...Svenska Kullagerfabriken (S.K.F.); Jacques G. Maisonrouge, IBM World Trade; Sir Arthur Norman, The De la Rue Co.; Dr. Aurelio Peccei, Olivetti; Count Theo Rossi Di Montelera, Martini & Rossi; Evelyn de Rothschild, N.M. Rothschild & Sons; Dermot A. Ryan, Ryan's Tourist Holdings; Nino Rovelli, Societa Italiana Resine; Curt R. Strand, Hilton International; Charles C. Tillinghast Jr., TWA; Hendrik A.C. Van Riemsdijk, Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken; Eberhard Von Kuenheim, Bayerische Motoren Werke (B.M.W.); Gerrit A. Wagner, Royal Dutch Petroleum; Pierre Waltz, Societe Suisse pour 1'Industrie Horlogere; Dr. Joachim Zahn, Daimler-Benz...
...Victorian verve, and each of her chapters ends with an upbeat sentence that impels the reader on. But Miss du Maurier's latest novel lacks the suspense, pageantry and ro mantic insight of Rebecca, French man's Creek or even the recent best-selling House on the Strand...
...Nets" speaks to us as Strand's aesthetic-the power he places in objects, in the manmade as well as in the natural; man only orders what his needs designate and his power comes from the objects he creates. Strand's portraits don't show the potential of human endeavors, don't show the human struggle or achievement in survival; they point out the dignity of objects, whether mechanical or human, their capacity to deal with respective endowments. The few times he speaks beyond these points are when he deals with families or groups in society that transcend this individual...
...book does a better job of selecting Strand's more significant works, yet the retrospective at the MFA gives us a greater understanding of the total photographer--his triumphs and attempts. Strand captures a powerful image in front of his camera; there is no denial of the manner that stands in back...
MINOR WHITE examines the spiritual in photography by selecting works of 69 photographers for a show he has conceived on Octave of Prayer (on exhibit at the MIT Hayden Gallery until November 26). Where Strand has stressed the object, Minor White picks works that transcend the physical nature of the object. "Photography allows them (photographers) a consciousness of things, places and people, a union with certain visual, auditory and sensory events in the world. A union growing out of rapport or resonance makes the experience an event for them...