Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I'll bite: I like Helmut -- he's almost Australian ;-) There are many types of graphic work done in the world, and not everyone will appreciate every kind. Clearly AL and HN have distinctive "commercial" styles, designed to attract/surprise the eye, and to this end, both are very adept. You can add a number of others to this list: the one who does the dogs, the one who does the babies. Niche markets, often found on greeting cards. My greeting cards often have images of beautiful flowers. Those to get them often remark how beautiful they are: true the flowers are beautiful, and on occasion, I've managed to make something of them which is just a little different -- but often its because I own equipment that my friends don't have access to, and I have the interest and time to go out and DO IT. Now to be quite honest, I'd love to try Newtonesque greeting cards. I think it would be fun, but for some reason my house is teeming with flowers, not models ;-) That said, I can understand why people would not want to pay $3000 dollars for an HN book. I understand that his images are contrived, and I prefer some of the documentary "honesty" shown in this years selection of FOM2 or shown by many photojournalists: when one of these, combines the ability to see life and put it in an artistic frame, then these are the photographers whom I most admire. I will name one, who to me became a photojournalist, but never lost his "commercial" eye for design composition and art: Werner Bishof, but of course there are many others, and some of them are "Here". Cheers On Thursday, Oct 30, 2003, at 11:40 Australia/Melbourne, Tina Manley wrote: > At 10:56 AM 10/30/2003 +1100, you wrote: >> Ah Tina's becoming a troll ;-) > > Anything to prompt a conversation - about photography! > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.workbookstock.com > http://www.newscom.com > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html