Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In days BA (before Ansel) there WERE no boring photo calendars... I'd be happy to have a body of work so (almost) universally revered, I'll tell you that. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Alastair Firkin Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Ansel Well, I'd be happy to have a body of work so boring. These things are just a matter of taste in the end. On 07/03/2005, at 9:27 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > That's fine, if you consider Ansel a Saint. I don't. I consider him > one of the great darkroom masters of all time, and a wonderful > photographic technician/innovator (the Zone system, etc.). But when it > comes to photography per se, I'm in that minority that consider him a > purveyor of boring calendar art. ;-) Alastair _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information