Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll educate myself. -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:35 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Was HCB that good? I have to say that when I see a large assortment of the work, I think it still stands out. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Was HCB that good? Like B.D. said, looking through a retrospective of his work would give you a sense of the scope of the work. While it can now appear somewhat monotonous, for its day it really stood out. S. Dimitrov > From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:14:40 +0100 > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Was HCB that good? > > I've been trawling through my memory and the only HCB pics I remember > as being any good are the jump, On the Banks of the Marne and the one > with the fat man with the hat on in front of the wall with the kids > running about. All the others I can remember are just sort of OK. > There are plenty of other photographers who have each produced dozens > of pictures that stick in my mind. > > Probably says more about me than it does about HCB though. > > And yes, I know he isn't dead yet. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: robertmeier@usjet.net [mailto:robertmeier@usjet.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:00 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Critic > > >> So Bob said: >>>>> Yes, in the right circumstances. At just the right moment. With >>>>> many >>> reflections and repetitions of the motion.<<<<<<< >> >> So Bob what your saying is.... >> >> Where HCB had the guy jump more than once, that's still a decisive >> moment even though it was staged several times? >> > > Ted, no, I didn't say that, nor mean that. The repetitions are in the > poster behind him which shows a circus performer in the same position, > roughly, that the jumper is in, and the various semi-circles in the > water (and elsewhere I remember, but I don't have the picture infront > of me) that repeat the lines of his arms, etc. > >> I see that as a repetitive moment, not a decisive moment. Any idiot >> photographer worth his salt can have someone do an action many times >> and eventually capture something decisive looking. Then of course >> over a 60 > year >> or more span create the myth of it being caught as a one shot >> decisive moment. >> > > Are you charging that HCB staged this shot? What is the basis for > your accusation? > > > >> I stick by my earlier comment, this picture of the critic with arms > raised, >> as we see it presented here, is as decisive a moment as the >> re-creations > by >> HCB. Why shouldn't it be. Hell if it were presented as an HCB >> everyone > would >> pee their pants with "Oh man he's the greatest!" >> > A decisive moment, certainly. But "the re-creations by HCB"? You think > ALL of his pictures were staged? > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of > this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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