Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]W.Eugene Smith....although he "strayed", he used Leicas in part throughout his life..... here's one for all of you to have fun with (dumb Texas heathen, etc): I don't understand the hoopla about HCB....period.....he's not in the top ten on my list....I know, I just 'don't understand' being the unwashed....two degrees and employed in higher education for 13 years won't count.....half journalism, half 'visual arts'... I still don't "get" it.....yeah, a few neat pictures....but my God... Smith, Duncan, Eisie, two dozen "lesser" Life photographers, plus a dozen 'current' photogs using Leica, some on this list, and still this 'art-school' fascination with HCB? Could be worse, in the current 'politics' of art photography, even ol' HCB has lost out to a bunch of policitally volatile hacks who occupy 90+ percent of lecture time......damn, glad I'm living in the past...... Walt On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Gareth Jolly wrote: > 16: Who is considered the greatest all round Leica photographer to date? > > Can't answer the rest, but have to put in a vote for Henri Cartier > Bresson. > > Gareth Jolly >