Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most eloquently said Erwin. Bravo! Jim At 07:45 PM 10/30/98 +0100, Erwin wrote: >The topic of image quality versus artistic expression has been discussed on >this list quite a few times. The pictures of HCB have a timeless quality with >respect to human interest. His pictures also show a near superb mastery of one >part of the essence of Leica photography: the art of the snapshot and the >creation/selection of a (surrealist) composition of a slice of time/space. > >... > >One may be very fond of and proud of an old Leica lens, in the >same way as one can feel admiration for an older Harley motorcycle. >The superior optical quality of the new generations of Leica lenses since >about 1988 can add impact to the pictures. It gives the opportunity to show >reality with curious and admiring eyes, because it can show image details and >texture details and can capture the subtle working of light and shadows and >colours in a way never recorded before. > >You may call it straight photography (in Adams and Westons style) but here we >Leica users have a competitive advantage we should exploit. After all we buy >Leica lenses because of its recording potential and we use the M because of >its possibility to capture reality in the most demanding and/or fleeting >situations. > >Erwin > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629