Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch [SMTP:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] > Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 10:56 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] [Leica} standards, Doisneau, Summicron > performance > > >I could be wrong about this, but I remember H.C.-B. writing that he > >posed the photograph of a man with his arms crossed over his bare chest > >juxtaposed next to a pair of high-heeled shoes in a cabinet, which shoes, > >sole to sole, formed a heart shape. The picture was, I believe, taken > >during his first trip to Mexico. > > Okay, so if that's true, I guess that would fall into the category of > happy > snaps. No? We all do pictures like that for fun. But the question is, when > a picture is presented to the public as candid, it better be candid. > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > Sorry if I offended, I was just responding with information to a statement I believed to be in error. I offered no comment or observation regarding when and how a picture should be presented as candid. Buzz