Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, first off - of course there were! Second, I, too, would like to have a body of work so universally revered - I would just hope that mine, like that of, say, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Richard Avedon, or Henri Cartier-Bresson was worth being revered. (And NO - I am not saying that I am worthy to have even carried their equipment. ;-) ) The sad reality is that far, far, far more people revere the paintings of Keene, or of Kincaid, than have even HEARD of the photographers I've just mentioned. Universal veneration does not quality make.:-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of mak@teleport.com Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:58 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Ansel 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information