Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]mike gil sayth: >Please don't make us, use Holga's. Have you seen some >of this stuff. I think seeing light leaks into the >frame is not a cool thing. Or the other half dozen >random effects created by this plastic camera. Most >pictures taken with a Holga look like they accidently >took off the top of the film developing can before the >film was fixed, smeared vaseline on the lens and used >the wrong lens hood. HCB would not be HCB with a >Brownie, imagine him showing a portfolio full of >technically weak photographs to an editor. there are a lot of kids here who kick most of our butts: http://www.toycamera.com like kim taylor and sue agostini and trent chambers .... it's not the box, it's the heart. i'd gladly trade my leica for some artistic vision. i kick myself every day for not being able to come through like i want to, and my leica's ain't helping me. it's my frustrating lack of vision, the leica's got nothing to do with it. i think someone pointed out here before that many of HCB's shots were technically weak but expertly printed. he had the eye, he had the vision..... my .02 -- take it for what it's worth. kc