Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: <goldman@math.umn.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: [Leica] Camera Arts > The original Camera Arts was edited by Jim Hughes and was a > fantastic magazine. Very in depth articles (sometimes a three page book > review (of one book) in small print). For those who like good writing with > real content, this was it. Unfortunately it went under in the early 80's. > Probably too much writing for the average reader. > The new resurrected version is quite different. Jim Hughes is now > a columnist and is IMO the best writer on the magazine. Outstanding > reproduction of picturs on thick glossy paper, but the articles leave a > lot to be desired. More like a series of bullets in big print with lots > of blank space. > Stieglitz was once asked why he didn't drop the writing from > CameraWork and just leave the wonderful pictures. He responded that > potential customers would just browse through the pictures and not buy the > magazine. Current editors should take note of this. > Jay > > >