Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm resending this as I apparently screwed up the URL the first time....and since I know everyone was rushing to look ( ;-) ) I don't want you inconvenienced.... Well, folks, it ain't Dorthea Lange, or anyone else famous for that matter...but take a look if you're interested at http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_album&ID_Commu nity=Leicausers&ID_Topic=13 I just posted Cell Phone and Under Pressure, both of which I'd call environmental portraits. These were taken of pharmaceutical company folks - Under Pressure is an MD VP, and Cell Phone is a PR staffer - in a company "war room" and a big medical meeting. B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > Eric Welch > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 3:38 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Squares and sabotage > > > At 12:32 AM 11/23/1999 -0800, Bill Larsen wrote: > >I think you need to think a little bit about what a portrait > is. Perhaps you > >have picked up too many shiboleths at Missouri. > Shibboleth to you, fact to many people. > > Maybe you, and not I, needs to understand what the difference > between a > documentary photographer and a portrait photographer is. > There's a reason > we use both terms to distinguish two types of photographers. > > As for Dorthea Lang, she is a great documentary photographer, > but she also > posed a lot of her photos, such as Migrant Mother. But that > was long before > the ethical standards of photojournalism had been thought of. > Documentary > is made up of candid photos, portraits, landscapes, > interiors, what have > you. But you don't call a landscape candid any more than you > do a portrait. > > Candid portrait is like saying a Leica lens is "clear." > People know what > you mean, but it's not a good way to put it. To me, being a > professional > for quite a while now, when I do a portrait, it means I've > stopped doing > candid photography. That's how my colleagues use the term. > You can stretch > the term portrait to mean so many things that is has no > meaning at all. > Such is the oxymoronic term "candid portrait." > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.neteze.com/ewelch Error, no keyboard - press F1 to continue