Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] The Critic Better Hit The Books
From: buzz.hausner at verizon.net (buzz.hausner@verizon.net)
Date: Tue May 25 11:18:47 2004

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


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