Moments

By John Fraser

With 50mm lenses and available light, John Fraser took these classic humanist photos in Minneapolis, New York, London, Nova Scotia, Provence, starting in 1957.

In the tradition of Cartier-Bresson, there's no cropping. What you see is what was thereâ street interactions caught lightning fast, informal portraits, oldsters, kids, a Blues group, a campaigning JFK within arms-length, and always the impeccable composition and feel for the symbolic.

The images are arranged in poem-like sequencesâ moody Shadows, lyrical Sun, symbolic Erotics, the old and new London in eight Postcards. The Republicans at a little street rally look like type-casting. But there's no programmatic irony, and the pervasive tone of the book is enjoyment.

These are works that don't date.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781456625634

John Fraser

John Fraser is the Founder and Director of the Critical Care Research Group, Director of the ICU at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, President of AP-ELSO and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland. His research spans across several disciplines including medicine, biomedical science, engineering and more. John’s work has changed clinical practice on a global scale on several occasions, while his passion for innovation continues to change the scientific fields that he works in. Dr. Fraser has won numerous prizes and fellowships for his research, and contributed to the education of countless clinicians, scientists and engineers.

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