Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan- Hey! Wait a minute! I like peeling paint! Now, I admit, photographing drying paint is a bit tedious, but peeling paint has a certain, Je ne sais quoi- a certain panache! Seriously, I think that Smith's essay on the tragedy of Minimata, Japan, for example, could have been no less heart rending had it been done with a disposable camera. We see the images- and I for one could not tell you what he used if my life depended upon it; here the content, and vison of the photographer greatly outdistances the means used to capture it. I think that quite a few would have been able survive. Dan dwpost@msn.com - -Six munz ago ah cudn't eve spel Fotograffer, now Ah are one!