Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, I was going to wait until later before checking them out, but with such an endorsement....!!! I love constant comparison to HCB whenever someone shoots a half decent B&W photojounralistic'ish picture... At 11:35 AM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote: >Okay, fook it! Call me nasty; call me tasteless; call me cruel... >Normally I remain silent in the face of mundane, or boring, or nice but >uninspired, or just plain crappy photo posts. In fact, most of the time I >don't >say anything unless I am really moved by a photo. But in the undoubtedly >foolish belief that people really want honest comments when they post >photos, >and with the very loud and clear caveat that I am normally a real admirer of >Steve Unsworth's work...(And with the further caveat that this group of >photographers may be among the world's most talentless, but they happened >to be >hopelessly drunk or on drugs on the day in question ;-) )... > >I don't think I have ever seen such a basically crappy collection of snappy >shots as is contained in that London shoot. With one exception - the shot of >the mime and the kid, almost everyone is an idea that the shooter failed to >pull off. The shot of the handicapped guy buying coffee - or whatever - >comes >close as an idea, but the shooter didn't get close enough to get the shot >right. // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)