[Leica] James Nachtwey AND MICHAEL HINTLIAN

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

B. D. Colen asked:
Subject: RE: [Leica] James Nachtwey AND MICHAEL HINTLIAN
> Where'd you find that great quote, Ted? Love it.<

Hi B.D.,
> "There isn't anything more powerful than a big black and white
> photograph. It does something that television can never do!"
> HARRY REASONER.....................

I saw it one day while reading an article on "The Power of the Black & White 
Image."  And because it was along the lines of what I've always believed in 
and used for years in my lectures that,

"When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.
"But when you photograph them in B&W, you photograph their souls!"

And today with the pictures from Darfur by Nachtwey,  the Harry Reasoner 
quote seemed to fit perfectly.

> One exception to this 'rule' might be the video of the planes hitting
> the WTC towers. But I believe the reason this is an exception is that
> the video images were shown so repeatedly, so relentlessly, indeed so
> continuously, over a period of days, if not weeks, that they became, in
> effect, still images. ;-)<<<<<<<<<<

Absolutely and the exception for the reason stated. If it was a segment on 
the 6 O'clock news it wouldn't still be burned into our mind's eye as well 
as stills from the past.

>>>>BTW - I finally got my hands on a physical copy of Michael Hintlian's
Digging - a Leica-shot book. WOW!! Gorgeous reproductions of truly
impressive photographs - a MUST for every LUGlibrary.<<<<<

I'm getting a signed copy from Michael next Monday when I'm in Boston on the 
way to the Leica Seminar. So now I'm really looking forward to it and a 
place in my photo book library here at home.

ted