Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well yes and no. True, he didn't photograph rocks and trees. But he even said he was looking to create images, not to convey what we might call the human condition. People for him were elements in artistic compositions. Which is not, please, to criticize, simply to state the obvious. B. D. -----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: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 10:35 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] WAS: Intro NOW: HCB. True, but he didn't spend most of his time photographing flowers and rocks, his instinct was always to photograph the human condition, and he had a knack for being at the right place at the right time to observe the human condition at it's most dramatic. -dan c. At 09:56 AM 04-01-05 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >True enough. The other thing to keep in mind when thinking about HCB is >that while we may be looking to capture something about the human >condition, he was looking to capture something having to do with form, >shape and light. Not to start the surrealist thread again, but Gdamnit, >he was not a PJ - although he did some PJ - he was a surrealist with a >camera. > [snip] _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information