[Leica] GeeBee's 'Street' photography

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Alastair, you state my sentiments exactly..However, I give BD credit for 
breaking his own tenets to produce a very fine "street shot".  He showed us 
a shot 
he took while driving in heavy traffic, I believe in NY, of a "girl talking 
on a cell phone".  It was a very nice shot, well exposed, well focused and a 
nice composition.  What made it an outstanding shot was that the girl was 
Sarah 
Jessica Parker. ;-)

Regards, Paul Connet

In a message dated 2/26/2005 4:08:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
firkin@ncable.net.au writes:
<<I know its very easy to be critical of others when they make blanket 
statements, but "street photography' does NOT "have" to contain 
anything at all really. Teachers and "academys" tend to insist on 
making classifications, and then the real "artists" often make fools of 
them. To insist that to be a landscape a photograph must contain a tree 
would be stupid. To explain why some street photographers are better 
than others using terms like "irony, humour and pathos" is fine, but 
not every image, or even great image taken as "street photography"  
need contain one of these 3 elements. How about pure horror? Having 
said that -- I just hate blanket statements --, I have to agree in 
general with the sentiments expressed. No form of art/craft is easy 
when it is performed at the highest level.

Cheers>>