Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Squares and sabotage
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:46:22 -0800

At 11:41 AM 11/23/1999 -0500, Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote:
>There seems to be another camp that seems to be thinking of something quite
>different -- though I admit I'm not quite sure what. A Karsh portrait,
>perhaps. A character study in the vein of HCB. Again, I don't know what
>they're thinking of but I'm pretty sure it's NOT the same thing that the news
>shooter is thinking of.

Arnold Newman, as I've said, is the master of this genre in this 
generation. I can't think of anyone who has done it better in the past 50 
years. But you are right, Bob, as I have also said. It's two different 
things. And I'm guilty of being sloppy in my use of words.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA

http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

Time is just one darn thing after another. - Anonymous