Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IMHO, this is simply an opinion of and by HCB. Neither correct, nor incorrect. Simply "his" opinion. As far as saying it all... in reality it says nothing. It is simply an opinion. Jim At 12:39 AM 3/18/99 +0100, Bruce Feldman wrote: >Just came across this quote, which says it all: > >"I'm always amused by the ideas that certain people have about technique, >which translates into an immoderate taste for the sharpness of the image. >Is it a passion for detail? For perfection? Or do they hope to get closer >to reality with this trompe l'oeil? They are, by the way, as far away from >the real issues as other generations of photographers were when they >obscured their subjects in soft-focus effects." > > -- HCB, quoted in American Photo, Sept/Oct '97, p. 76. > > >