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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh (sp?) rant - hot to handle!
From: Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:07:36 -0400
References: <20020618204443.65965.qmail@web21504.mail.yahoo.com>

Most of her pictures, during the depression and WWII at least, were
taken with a 4x5 Graphlex SLR... I have one and it's a monster.  Most of
her negatives are in the care of the Oakland Museum.
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Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



david degner wrote:
> 
> > I still can't think of an image that was "made"
> > because of its bokeh,
> > and I've never seen an image that was rendered
> > useless because of its
> > bokeh.
> 
> In Dorothea Lange's photo of a girl holding a barbed
> wire fence while her mother stands, out of focus, in
> the background, the bokeh has a substantial impact on
> the photo.  Im not sure what type of camera she used
> or even if the bokeh in the photo could be consider
> good, but in the end it is important for the mood of
> the photo.  You have to see the photo in print to get
> its full impact but  it is the 5th one from the top on
> http://thecity.sfsu.edu/pacific.pix/WEBPAGE/dorothea3.html
> .
> 
> David Degner
> 
> Would the original negatives or prints of this photo
> be held by the Library of Congress?
>
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