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INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Frédéric Fontenoy creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail...

Watch the full film on The Dakroom Rumour !

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INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Working with a large format view camera and assisted by his printer, he creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail.

Watch the full film on The Dakroom Rumour !

[thedarkroomrumour]

INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Frédéric Fontenoy creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail...

Watch the full film on The Dakroom Rumour !

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"Au dîner des maîtres-imprimeurs," La Patrie. April 20, 1943. Page 4. --- Au diner des maîtres-imprimeurs, au Club Canadien. De gauche à droite: M. Esdras Thérien, d'Ottawa: l'hon. Oscar Drouin, ministre dans le cabinet Godbout, conférencier-invité; M. Emile Harbour, président, et M. Alfred-G. Sinel. (Photo la "Patrie"). ///

M. O. Drouin au club Canadien ---- L'honorable Oscar Drouin, ministre du commerce, de l'industrie et des affaires municipales était hier, l'hôte d'honneur au dîner des maîtres-imprimeurs de Montréal tenu au Club Canadien.

Dans une causerie à l'issue de ce diner, Thon. M. Drouin déclara "Les Canadiens", dit-il, "doivent faire en sorte d'avoir leur part dans les contrôles économiques établis par le gouvernement fédéral".

Puis le conférencier s'unit le plus sincèrement du monde à ceux qui demandent à la population de souscrire le plus possible à l'emprunt de la Victoire qui permet à ceux qui ne peuvent aller combattre d'aider à poursuivre l'effort de guerre.

M. Drouin félicita chaleureusement les membres de l'Association des maîtres-imprimeurs de Mont réal pour les beaux succès qu'il ont jusqu'ici réalisés.

Présenté par M. Emile Arbour, président de l'Association, M. Drouin fut remercié par M. Oscar Roy. MM. Alfred G. Sinel, president de la Employing Printers Association of Montreal et Esdras Thérien, d'Ottawa et président de Association des maîtres-imprimeurs d'Ottawa-Hull, prenaient place à la table d'honneur. M Charles Holmes, secrétaire de l'Association, dit aussi quelques mots.

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Visit to Hatch Show Print - Nashville, TN

Hatch Show Print in downtown Nashville is a place of magic. The concern with visual excellence in this place goes back over one hundred years to 1879, but it's overall aesthetic from floor to ceiling is in-your-face contemporary.

"Hatch Show Print," reads the shop's elegant promo flyer, "is America's oldest working poster print shop and is now the guardian of a very special corner of Americana."

I could barely contain my excitement last week upon walking into this place, alone worth the two hour trip that my brother Kevin and I made from Chattanooga to Nashville.

Upon entering you notice how every square inch of wall space is adorned with a masterpiece in poster design. Not only was I reminded of the bold artistry that the poster as medium lends itself to, I was also humbled by the way in which these masters continue to apply the obsolete method of letterpress printing to this same medium. All I gotta say is that they churn out some powerful examples of robust visual communication from this little shop.

As I told one of their venerable designers, "your cat Huey has the right idea. He's just chillin' in his corner of the shop because he knows he's part of something special, and he's got nothing to prove."