Category Archives: Photography
The Photographs of Robert Cahen – Samuel Ramey
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 28th March 2012Today is the 70th birthday of the great American bass Samuel Ramey. To mark the anniversary here are 7 photographs of the singer taken by Robert Cahen. A bonus – Assur’s mad scene from the second act of Rossini’s Semiramide. This is from the performance of the opera at the Met on Dec 29, 1990. Ramey Semiramide Deh ti ferma…Que…
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Why You Should Not Buy A Fine Art Printer
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 1st February 2012A recent article in Digital Photography extols the virtues of using a high end printer to make display quality prints from equally high quality digital cameras. Actually, it just describes several top of the line printers. It doesn’t give a good reason for owning one. The reason is that there isn’t any good reason. Printers…
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The Photos of Robert Cahen – Placido Domingo
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th January 2012To mark the 70th anniversary of Placido Domingo’s birth (January 21, 1941), here are eleven photographs of the great artist taken by Robert Cahen. There is little to say about Domingo’s career that isn’t self evident. He’s had more roles than Parker House. He’s a tenor; he’s a baritone; he’s a conductor; he’s an administrator. He’s…
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The Photographs of Robert Cahen – Part 2
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 14th December 2011The photos below were all taken by Robert Cahen for the San Francisco Opera. They were given to me by Mr Cahen and are used with his permission.
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The Photographs of Robert Cahen
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th November 2011This post is the first of a series devoted to the photographs of Robert Cahen. Not only has Mr Cahen photographed virtually every important opera singer of the past 60 years, he has been a close friend to many of them. The series starts with singers now active, but will later include artists whose careers flourished as…
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New Photos Added
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th November 2010Five new photographs added here. The new ones are on page 11.
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