[Leica] Lindome doldrums (boring PAWS) WAS R800 ramblings

[nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (nathan.wajsman@planet.nl)]

I have been quiet the past couple of weeks for personal reasons, but I 
have to chime in here. I am in violent agreement with Daniel on this. 
>From several years of looking at my own and others' work, I have 
concluded that most people (certainly I) produce their best work in the 
place where they live, or where they go often enough to consider their 
second homes. Conversely, most travel/vacation photos are just that--
nice record shots but nothing more. Of course these have their place, 
and there are exceptions (i.e. people who can produce superb work on 
their first visit to a place) but the overall pattern is clear. And it 
is equally true whether you live in Lindome or London.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Almere, Netherlands
http://www.nathanfoto.com
http://www.fotosevilla.com

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no>
Datum: dinsdag, november 9, 2004 9:43 am
Onderwerp: [Leica] Lindome doldrums (boring PAWS) WAS R800 ramblings

> > I admire all of you who do PAW, my biggest problem is to find 
> interesting> things to photograph in my neighborhood. It all seems 
> very dull and without
> > interest for others.
> 
> Kom igen Hans!
> 
> You mean you live somewhere duller than Lindome? Why we don't even 
> haveKonsum in our center (we do down by the tracks though).
> 
> One shouldn't be blind for the things around us. My bet is that a 
> picturefrom the backyards of each and every LUG member would be 
> interesting,revealing. And I mean literally the backyards.
> 
> Anyone live out there in a small community in the midwest? With a 
> smallalley running between the backyards? Probably the most 
> mundane thing in
> the world for the people seeing it every day. But I would love to 
> see it.
> Some of us live in the midwest, some in Europe, various parts of 
> Europe,possibly in Africa, India and South America. (Canada is 
> part of the
> midwest). We see things every day that noone else sees (and a lot 
> probablywouldn't want to). How about a shot from a German 
> McDonalds ... serving
> beer instead of coke? The contrast between the demolished and 
> rebuilt and
> the old buildings that survived by some capricious fate in 
> Germany. The
> difference between Wismar and L?beck ... two towns that will not 
> strikemany residents as exciting. I'd love to see it.
> 
> How'bout a Corvette from last week?
> 
> http://www.dlridings.com/Lindome/Oktober/pages/04v44-0014.htm
> 
> (There's a couple of self-portraits disquised in the others. All 
> with M4,
> 35 or 50, 400TMY @ EI 1600)
> 
> Yep, Lindome is a bore ... but Lindome rocks! :)
> 
> http://www.dlridings.com/lindome.htm
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
> 
> 
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