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17 April 2011

Long shot request I hope this is okay to post, especially since I don't have much activity under my belt here.

This is a long shot, but I'm looking for a picture out of a book called This Train is Bound for Glory. It's a book of photography by the immensely talented Justine Kurland. →[More:]

I saw the book at a gallery here in Paris, where Kurland is showing an exposition currently. I can't find the image online, and I didn't think to take a photograph of the book while I was there the first time.

Anyway, if you have the book and wouldn't mind snapping a picture of the page and emailing it to me, I would be very much indebted. (It's for an academic project, so there shouldn't be any copyright issues at work here, if that's a concern.)

Thanks Metachat!

post by: Comic Sans-culotte at: 09:51 | 7 comments

Just checking, have you paged through Google Images for it?

posted by Miko 17 April | 11:07

Yep! I've tried every permutation of the information I can think of. Google-fu is failing me.

Oh, and in case it becomes relevant, the photo in question is called "Photo No. 49, Train Doc."

Thanks!

posted by Comic Sans-culotte 17 April | 11:19

The local university runs undergraduate courses in photography but I looked at their library catalogue and they don't seem to have it, I'm afraid. I'll try the university bookshop if I have time later...

Just out of curiosity, are you French?

posted by altolinguistic 18 April | 04:04

Thanks, Alto! Since realizing I couldn't find it, I've made some other plans for the project, so no need to go out of your way for it. I appreciate it, though.

And no, I'm an American student studying art history in Paris this semester.

posted by Comic Sans-culotte 18 April | 05:38

I was wondering - the fact that you used "exposition" (rather than "exhibition") says to me that you're either French, or are immersed in French ;)

I translate French to English for a living, so have to live in that twilight world between languages, while keeping them separate in my mind, every day. It's interesting.

posted by altolinguistic 18 April | 07:28

Ha! I learned the hard way when I mentioned "an exhibition I saw at the Louvre" over dinner. I didn't understand why everyone suddenly looked confused and disgusted, until it was explained to me: "Expositions are for artists. Exhibitions are for creepy old men in the park."

posted by Comic Sans-culotte 18 April | 11:27

That's hilarious. I never knew that. In fact, I've been working in museums for a dozen years and I just now learned the difference between "Exhibit" and "exhibition."

And here, we use "expose" for the flasher in the park. But we do call him "Exhibitionist."

posted by Miko 18 April | 13:06

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