Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The more I read about Smith, the more i think that he could have very easily been a movie director. He almost attacked his projects like he was making a movies in stills. Like you said, he would sometimes pose or rearrange things or people as needed, but I never get the feeling that I am being lied to when I look at his stuff... but his shots are often more "theatrical" than your typical PJ stuff. feli On Dec 26, 2004, at 5:05 PM, Neal Friedenthal wrote: >> It is all that and more, Neal - Knowing Smith, and the era, it may >> well >> have been posed, but so was the original Pieta, so what the heck.. ;-) > > Smith used his imagery the way a writer uses words to tell his story, > If he had to pose a shot, that was OK, if he had to manipulate a shot > in the darkroom that was alright also. He would dodge, burn, > spot, bleach, mask, overlay whatever he had to do to produce the > statement that he wanted. Many photographers today seem to have a > problem with Smith's methods, I don't. He produced the visual > impact that was needed to get the story across, Smith wasn't just an > image taker he was a photographer who realized that only half the job > was done when the image was on the film. _______________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com