Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The angry little boy with the toy hand grenade in his hand - wearing shorts and a patterned, short sleeve shirt? The retarded adults in Halloween costumes?...She started as a fashion photographer, I believe, and did quite well at that, and went on to take ...well...Johnny's welcome to categorize it. She is, though considered to have been a major figure in American photography. But then there are those who consider Jock Sturgis a great photo artist, so what can I say...;-) 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 Jerry Lehrer Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] New photos Johnny I may be out of the loop, but I don't remember seeing any of her photos. What did she shoot? When? Where? Or maybe I have seen her photos without associating her name with them. Jerry Johnny Deadman wrote: > Well I'm glad we've dispensed with Diane Arbus that easily. I am sure > she would speak very highly of your photography as well. > > On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 04:32 PM, bdcolen wrote: > > > Amen! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ken > > Firestone > > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:26 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] New photos > > > > > > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Ted Grant wrote: > > > > bdcolen offered: > >> I may come across at times as a mean, demented s.o.b, but no way > > would I > >> EVER do to people what she did to her victims, uh, subjects.:-) > >> > >> B. D. > >> Not A Diane Arbus Fan<<<< > > > > Hi B.D., > > Well you can chalk me up big time as another non-admirer of her > > degrading > > pictures of unfortunate human beings. Regardless what some people > > think are > > works of art!:-( > > > > I've seen her as an opportunist taking advantage of human beings > > who were > > already being exploited by others and all she did was add to the > > exploitation. > > > > Besides all she did was use the medium of photography to capture > > the image > > of these unfortunate souls and it didn't take any great > > photographic eye or > > skill to shoot what she did. Like stand there ... SNAP... next! > > Not much > > talent required to do that. > > > > I had a freind once who during a discussion of Ms. Arbus expressed > > the opinion that she was crying with her subjects. She was pretty > > messed up herself. > > > > > > ==================================================================== > > === > > = > > ==== > > Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution > > kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. > > ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken > > ======================================================================= > > = > > ==== > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com http://www.unintended-consequences.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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html