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The Fall Antiques Show, organized by Bedford Historical Society, was held at Historical Hall on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 and 16. The Show featured about 15 dealers, ranging from Maile Allen of Colonia, NJ, to the Oriental rugs of Caravan Connection in Bedford Hills, to D & D Antiques of Newton, CT.
Allen collects prints, including the Audubon series, as well as front pages from The New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post.
Renowned photographer and Bedford resident William Abranowicz gave a talk at the Bedford Court House on Saturday evening. His early mentor was George Tice, who taught him how to create finely crafted prints. Other major influences were Edward Hopper, Irving Penn, Michael Disfarmer, Robert Maplethorpe and Paul Strand. He discussed different phases of his life, as reflected in his photographs. The early photos were bleak and lonely, taken primarily in New Jersey, which is his home state, and Pennsylvania.
I drove around alone a lot, he said. I was in a bad marriage and my father had died.
After meeting his second wife, Andrea Raisfeld, his life improved and the couple traveled to Greece.
It was cheap and adventurous, he said. The country was raw at that time.
Interspersed with his photos of Greece, several poems were included. Henry Miller writes magnificently about Greece, Abranowicz said. He articulates what youre looking at.
After visiting Greece that first time, he was sent back on many assignments for Conde Nast Traveler. In addition to travel photography, Abranowicz shoots home interiors, food, fashion advertisements and celebrities. He noted that Martha Stewart Living was the first magazine to feature a digital photograph on the cover.
Every magazine took the cue from Martha, he said. And lo and behold, as his presentation concluded, Martha was standing at the back of the Court House, smiling.
Since the weekends theme was antiques, an antique quilt show took place at the Bedford Presbyterian Churchjust across the Green from Historical Hall. At least 50 hand-made quilts were displayed, many owned by one parishioner. To top off this busy weekend, a Book Sale was held on Saturday at the Bedford Library. Many of the books on sale had been dropped off the same morning. Nothing like a fast turnaround!
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