Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16

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Subject: [Leica] Synecdoche -- and Other Tropes
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed Mar 16 14:34:44 2005
References: <000001c52a73$c52ccb60$121afea9@Hausner>

Belmont of Buzz:

For me, it happens all the time!

Jim


Buzz Hausner wrote:

> I think what you meant was "hysteron proteron."  A lot of people,
> photographers especially,  make that mistake.
> 
>       Buzz Hausner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Afterswift@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:40 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] synecdoche -- only a reminder
> 
> I never intended that photo as an example of a great work of art. It's  
> merely an example of synecdoche. I just thought that this concept is a
> good  
> reminder of what many first rate photographers have always done. The
> problem  with 
> synecdoche is that the photographer must assume that the viewer has
> knowledge 
> of the detail that opens the meaning of the image.
>  
> Bob
> 



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