[Leica] I Remember Mike!

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Koudelka's panoramas suck... and Erwitt had done some really great PJ. 
New and improved never did ring a bell with me but to each their own. If 
print quality enters into the discussion then HCB's printer is a real 
master. Recently saw dozens of prints by some of history's biggest 
names. Henri's had a glow I've never seen before. Better than Adams, 
Weston's, and a host of others. :-)

Henning Wulff wrote:

>> If  Mike is so darned smart he might expand his list of camera heroes 
>> a bit... Ralph Gibson, Sally Mann, Raymond Depardon, Gilles Peress,  
>> Josef Koudelka, William Klein, Salgado, Paolo Pelligrin, Elliot 
>> Erwitt, ...on and on and on.......Having said that now everyone can 
>> return to discussing the latest magenta monster in glorious b&w.
>
>
> Elliot Erwitt???
>
> Actually I like him, but I can't say I hold him up as one of the 10 
> greatest. On the other hand, Koudelka would certainly make my list, as 
> would Meyerowitz and Davidson, and even though Burtynsky is Canadian, 
> and he produces a type of photography I enjoy, he wouldn't make my 
> list either.
>
> There are no specific genres that I require that my '10 best' produce, 
> but I do require that they show innovation rather than finding a small 
> niche and stagnating. I also require that anything new that they show 
> stimulates me to explore new concepts. I really don't want to see the 
> same thing again and again.
>
>> buzz.hausner@verizon.net wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Johnston tends to be...oh?...rather firm in his judgements and 
>>> just a wee bit iconoclastic.  Some of the members of longer standing 
>>> may remember when Mike was a LUG member.  I suspect that Mike would 
>>> be pleased to note that he has stimulated people to talk 
>>> about...gasp...PHOTOGRAPHY!!!
>>>
>>> Buzz
>>
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