Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IMHO, Helmut Newton's Sumo book was an example of someone in publishing watching too much Seinfeld, and finding a way to turn Kramer's coffee table book into a reality. How could anyone possibly look at that book - without standing on a chair with the book on the floor? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of animal Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: A little history > What publication runs 13x19s? The problem with any image that big that > isn't on the wall is that you can't look at it from the proper viewing > distance. That's one of my complaints - OT - about Nachtwey's magnum > opus, Inferno. It's truly amazing work, but many of the images are too > damn big to be looked at as one normally looks at a book. That may > have been his idea, but I don't know that it really works. Thanks i allways assumed it was my shortcomings that made me believe helmut Newtons big sumo book to be to big for comfort. simon jessurun amsterdam _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information