Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Holy Moly, Will I ever be forgiven?. For some reason Eggleston's name passed through my limited gray matter and came out Mr. Weirmeraner (Waggman) He may, as you mentioned, not be my cup of carrot juice but is extremely legitimate. Walt B. D. Colen wrote: >Geddes I agree on - poster art for the purile; photography for the Kincade >crowd; the Weggman of the wittless. But Eggleston I can appreciate, even if >he's not my kind of photographer. >___ >Sent with SnapperMail >www.snappermail.com > >...... Original Message ....... >On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:38:01 -0400 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> >wrote: >" From time to time I hit the shelves at Barnes and Noble or Borders. I >"would sooner stick one of my body parts in an electric socket than pick >"up Eggleston's or Anne Geddes' books. My aversion may be pathological >"and could be I need some of B.D.'s pills? Holy Haysus though, I could >"photograph them both being burned at the stake. >" >"I'd rather join Dante and be hyperventilating in hell than be forces to >"see one more Weirmeraner in a coat and tie. >" >"Matt Powell wrote: >" >">Eggleston is most successful when his subjects are alive - people or >">even animals (the dog lapping at a pool of muddy water in William >">Eggleston's Guide). I don't know if he has a disarming presence or if >">something else is in play, but his living photographs have a way of >">transporting you into the warm, humid southern world he's >">photographing. There's not a level of artifice built-in like there is >">with the numerous people who've followed him. >"> >">His, uh, still-life work (all the interior shots, the tricycle, etc.) >">are less interesting than similar photographs by people like Stephen >">Shore. Maybe I just don't see the method in that particular madness. >"> >">-- >">MP >">wooderson@gmail.com >"> >"> >">_______________________________________________ >">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 > > > >