Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, everyone else on the list can stand back while Tim and I go, "Did so!" "Did Not!" "Did So!" Or, you could go back to the source and look at Cartier-Bresson's pictures from across the globe and decide for yourself. I think his work from all corners holds up, but each of us should form a personal; opinion. In the mean time, I believe that a careful review of Cartier-Bresson's work will make any of us better Leica photographers. Buzz Hausner > > From: Tim Atherton <timatherton@theedge.ca> > Date: 2004/05/25 Tue PM 02:14:12 EDT > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] The Critic Better Hit The Books > > > > Excuse me? How about his work from Mexico? From Russia? From > > Bali? From Japan? From Italy? We should all go back and review > > the man's entire (excuse the pun) cannon. In my opinion, he > > produced brilliant work from many countries. > > I'll give you Mexico... (and Italy - which I meant to include) - but most of > the work from those other countries others >From Russia? From > > Bali? From Japan? From India - just doesn't seem to have the same > consistency and level of achievement - his eye really did not seem to carry > over as well into non-European settings - it's one or two very good ones > here and there. > > tim