Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> To: "LEICA-USER@ispwest.com" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 22:13 Subject: Re[3]: [Leica] Annie Leibovitz > Hello LEICA-USER, > > Amazing Post. From my point of view, stealth posting, no Name. Also hard > to figure out what the hell you are saying from your stealth position. > I must be too damn shallow to understand you. Are you saying everyone > should love Annie? Or do exactly what she does? Or throw our Leicas > in the river? 'fes up! tell us what the hell you really mean. > > SonC > > > > Monday, October 27, 2003, 7:39:21 PM, you wrote: > > >> > The truth is.... > LUic> she did it. Neither one of us did what she did...oh > LUic> yes..maybe, quite a number of us could > LUic> have....but we did not...she did and so I think we should > LUic> APPRECIATE instead of HATE. > LUic> She might not have taken pics that WE do but she did hers > LUic> her own way and the world is a > LUic> much different place because of them. We should not judge why and how people's sanity > LUic> is maintained. We will never know how many people left > LUic> an AL exhibit feeling better > LUic> about themselves...so...we should just try to take OUR > LUic> work to a place where we can also > LUic> be criticised, loved, hated, praised, dragged down on a > LUic> user group..all that good stuff...I > LUic> hope we want to change the world with our pics. That is > LUic> why we all went into photography > LUic> I hope. "because we wanted the world to be a better > LUic> place." For all the other folks who > LUic> bought these expensive pieces of machines to put their > LUic> d---s into..they can will it to > LUic> themselves and have their kins put it into their caskets for eternity. > > > >> > > >> Annie Leibovitz was covering the Rock Scene with 35m Nikons and pushed > >> Tri X long ago. > >> Other's were doing a better job but she did ok. > >> When she started doing the squares her shots got more interesting. More square. > >> You know. The formal thing! Concepts! > >> And she became more famous than most her subjects. > >> > >> I like the shot of the great Emma Thompson wrapped up in toilet paper. > >> I think it is a joke on Annie and a triumph for Emmas long standing > >> dream of her definition of stupid fame. > >> I think for decades she dreamed of making an ass of A.L. by getting shot > >> by her wrapped in toilet paper. I bet it sounded good as an ongoing > >> joke. TP 'd as they say and this is the season for it. > >> That wish finally came true. > >> Some get a hand print in the sidewalk. > >> Emma got TP'd by Annie. > >> > >> Some would wish to wear an asbestos suit and light themselves on fire > >> and strike and interesting pose for Annie. Maybe dive off a building > >> into a pool. I don't know how many colors you can paint people. She Got > >> Meryl in a bath tub of Milk how about some nice yellow water and some > >> stinky talent in it. Its not as if it's not been done and attracted a > >> lot of attention. > >> I thought of doing myself people with their cats but lets fact it that's > >> pretty boring compared to what Annie does. I think we'd need to dress up > >> the cats in funny outfits. Like super heroes. Hulk Cat. > >> > >> Rocky J. Squirrel. > >> > >> Mark Rabovitz > >> > >> Portland, Oregon USA > >> http://www.rabinergroup.com > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > LUic> -- > LUic> To unsubscribe, see > LUic> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > Best regards, > Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.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