Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, when it comes to HCB's personality, there's no point of even discussing_that_subject! Slobodan Dimitrov Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > > Slobodan, > > The problem is that your opinion is DIFFERENT than the > accepted adulation of HCB, (Horrors!), and especially, > that you should articulate that opinion on this forum. > The fact that the debate slid quickly into a > personal attack is most unfortunate, considering your > commentary was about HCB's WORK, not his person, nor > that of the original poster of the thread. > > Regards, > > Patrick > > --- Slobodan Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Obviously I'm not shallow enough, as I don't > > _see_the underlying message > > that you claim is in the work. The flip side of this > > could be whether > > the work is that easily accessible that any one can > > tap into its > > brilliant message, and I'm just a lost blinded soul > > buffeted on a > > desolate tundra, ever locked in my unimaginative > > prison. > > If anything, his work strikes me as a well > > articulated snapshots. Last > > semester, I showed my students his book on photo > > portraiture. We flipped > > through the pages one at a time. Then, I flipped > > through the pages like > > one would through a carton flip book, to show the > > sameness throughout > > the work. I'm sure someone else would see it as a > > stylistic continuity, > > and I won't argue with that. > > But really Buzz, this physiological state of arousal > > of yours is > > somewhat unseemly, over what is just another guy's > > work earning a living > > with his camera. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > > Buzz Hausner wrote: > > > > > > Slobodan, your hubris is absolutely breathtaking. > > I for one can say > > > that you have missed much in Cartier-Bresson's > > "presentation, style, > > > content, analysis, whatever..." or else I have to > > assume that your > > > ability to see is severely limited. Another > > possibility is that you > > > enjoy taking stands which you know to be > > provocative, but it seems to be > > > in this case that deep down you are really very > > shallow. > > > > > > Buzz Hausner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] > > On Behalf Of Slobodan > > > Dimitrov > > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:16 PM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] HCB Did It All First > > > > > > I wouldn't go so far that he originated the visual > > syntax for 35mm. I > > > think a little jaunt down history's memory lane > > could just show other > > > wise. I look at a lot of work, in the original as > > often as possible, and > > > no I can't say that I missed much in his > > presentation, style, content > > > analysis, what ever.... > > > But then, this all rather subjective. For myself, > > I get considerably > > > more from being in the presence of the portraiture > > of the Roman Republic > > > than from HCB. > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > > Buzz Hausner wrote: > > > > > > > > You have got to be joking, Slobodan! What is in > > the work of H.C.-B. > > > is > > > > the origination of the entire vocabulary of 35mm > > photography! > > > > Definitely NOT a one trick pony and I have to > > think that anyone who > > > > views the body of H.C.-B.'s work as such is > > unable or unwilling to > > > look > > > > below the surface of what he sees! > > > > > > > > Buzz > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > 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