Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/12
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On 12 Aug 99, Gib Robinson wrote, at least in part:
> "Great 35mm pictures are truthful impressions of the world: records,
> observations, or reports of reality.....Great large-format photographs
> express an individual's consciousness, and feelings and ideas about form,
> beauty, and spirit."
>
> I'm like Duh! ALL formats report both truth and fiction. That's also true
> of the senses that we use to photograph and perceive them. As a corollary,
> ALL formats "express an individual's consciousness, and feelings and ideas
> about form, beauty, and spirit." I have a sense of what he's trying to
> say, but his formulation doesn't get us there.
>
> As for part II: "Large-format cannot accomplish what is
> ascribed to 35mm." Of course not.
Good post, Gib.
Far be it for me to paraphrase something that is anathema to me,
but in this case it seems appropriate.
From each according to its ability; to all for their enjoyment!
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
The greatest of all gifts is the power
to estimate things at their true worth.
-- La Rochefoucauld