Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My God, Tina..That photo doesn't even deserve to be called dreck!...It looks like something a kid might snap with an Instamatic while Dad stopped to relief himself behind a tree....;-) 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 Tina Manley Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:38 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Eggleston At 09:34 AM 2/15/00 +0000, you wrote: >Hi > >Tina, I am shocked. You do realise that this is William Eggleston we are >talking about, don't you? I have just pulled the catalogue of Ancient and >Modern, his exhibit at the Barbican some years ago, and your comments are, I >hope, about someone else. These are quite simply wonderful pictures. On the >wall they were nothing short of staggering; even in the book they are pure >dead brilliant. Hi, Rod: I was not referring to Eggleston in particular, but to all of those photographs that I see in galleries and ask "Why?" But since you mention Eggleston, go to this site: http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/eggleston/eggleston_greenville.html And explain to me why he even bothered to print this. I guess it is almost scary to me that if I were editing my photos and came across one like this, I would file it in the round file! Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com