Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, I agree completely. For a number of years (20?) my focus had changed to rocks & roots photography. My "heroes" were AA, John Sexton etc. Then I saw 4 photos by Carol Guzy in a photo magazine (Photo Pro?). I lost the magazine when my basement flooded but I can still see two of the images when I close my eyes. I have sold my 4X5 equipment to help finance Leica lens purchases. I don't (can't) take photos like her's or any of the other wonderful photographers you mentioned, but it showed me that pictures with people in them don't have to be just snapshots. Those images sure had an impact on me! Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch [SMTP:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:40 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; > leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: E.Adams & Vietnam Photo > > At 07:59 PM 9/13/99 -0400, TSL wrote: > >The impact is no doubt that instant which is so powerful. To be quite > >honest - and this is a personal opinion that's all - there are not many > >pictures that can have that kind of impact. > > All I can say to this is, you just don't see it. It's not that it isn't > there in many, many pictures. I'm sure you're telling the truth. But just > because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. And judging from > people's reactions (both pro and amateur) I'd say you are in the minority. > > (Not a bad thing, just the way it is). > > > For those with eyes to see, it's quite plain that photography is a > powerful > medium. That can create icons that change the way people see the world. > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites)