SF Camerawork
657 Mission St
2nd Fl
415.512.2020
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Alan B. Stone, Image from Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place
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- When
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June 5, 2008 – Aug 23, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (noon–5pm)
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- Price
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$5 suggested donation
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Alan B. Stone's crisp black-and-white photography tells two tales of Montreal. One concerns the changes Stone's hometown underwent during mayor Jean Drapeau's two controversial tenures. Like Parisian lensman Eugène Atget before him, Stone captures old Montreal as it is eclipsed by the modern— here represented by the construction of the Expo 67 complex. The other story of Montreal depicts a city punctuated by men's physiques, with Stone focusing on construction workers and dockhands as much as the landscapes that frame them. There is also plenty of posed beefcake from Stone's '50s and '60s Mark One Studio, but it's his officially commissioned photos of Boy Scouts doing lifeguard training that are the most daring, simply for the eroticism they imply.
