Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My sentiments were the same as B.D. We can know how we interpret Smith's picture, but what it really was, if that matters, is probably buried among all the other myths. But hey ... we live on myths. I also interpreted the work as sentimental and romantic ... and I assumed that was the intention (speaking of the original pictures now). Daniel On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, bdcolen wrote: > How do we know that's what Smith's picture is, John? What do we really > know about it other than, like not a little of Smith's work, it was set > up? > > BTW - I am NOT trying to start an argument here - just ask a question, > as you make a statement about the purpose of the photo, but then give > what you acknowledge to be a personal observation about what it implies. > > 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 John > Collier > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:08 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Two weddings and a few portraits. > > > I find the work well realized but sentimental and romantic. Whether > that is good or bad or indifferent depends on your viewpoint. Smith's > picture has neither of those attributes. The Walk to Paradise Garden is > a desperate longing for sanity and normality after the horrors of war. > To me it seems to imply that the photographer can never follow his > children, never return to innocence and peace. > > http://www.pathfinder.com/photo/gallery/arts/smith/cap01.htm > > John Collier > > On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 10:33 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > I liked the little girl going up the hill/steps in the woods. Reminds > > one > > of the W.E. Smith picture of his two children. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html