14th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest
"Magritte Does Pescadero" About Bill Blankenburg
The first foray into the world of freelance photography
was not very profitable, as no one would buy the pictures. He
hired by the town photographer to take pictures of a funeral
that the photographer was a pallbearer in. For his entry into the contest, Blackenberg wanted "to answer the familiar
question: What would the famous painter Rene Magritte have done after a nice
lunch at Duarte's Tavern?" He notes that Magritte used windows in scenes
to disclose other scenes, so "I decided to impose the barn window over
a rock in a picture I had of Pescadero Beach. The other images came from my
files." -- Daniel Grujic |
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