Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>just wanted to know what you all think of the work of john loengard. i >picked up a (used) book of his work the other day. it's called "pictures >under discussion" and includes many images he did for life magazine. he's >not a pj in the grand capa/salgado tradition, nor is he an "art" >photographer - his work seems to fall somewhere in between. > >i like what i've seen of his (particularly his portraits, which are >occasionally stunning) and was wondering if he had other fans on the lug. > >guy me too, i liked the 'pictures under discussion'. i also have his book 'life photographers, what they saw' which contains recent interviews with 40-50 life staff photographers from the start of publication until it ended. i liked the first half of the book, but then the law of diminish return took its toll. it became rather repetetive, so i have put it aside for a while. loengard has also written a book called 'the negative and something'. I would be interested to hear how it dealss with negatives and if it is worth ordering, as i have not seen it in any bookshop. chris - -- Christer Almqvist D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France