Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We all have. But maybe at the rate of one per life-time of shooting. :-) And, please, don't get me wrong - I was NOT, would NOT, belittle what he accomplished. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: Re: [Leica] Intro At least he did get decisive moments. I'm not sure if I ever have. :-( -dan c. At 02:06 PM 03-01-05 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >It is also a ludicrous myth that each of his images represents a >"decisive moment" in the sense of his seeing, pressing the shutter >release, and having a single, glorious image: he was an extremely hard >working, hard shooting photographer, who burned up quantities of film >to get the "decisive moment." I forget whose line it is that the >"decisive moment" was the instant the right image on the contact sheet >caught his eye... > >...None of which is to detract from his place as one of the great >visual artists of the 20th century. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information