[Leica] I Remember Mike!

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

I like Koudelka's work very much....the panoramas are a small part of 
it..(that sucks) :-)

Henning Wulff wrote:

>> Koudelka's panoramas suck... and Erwitt had done some really great PJ.
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> I only mentioned Erwitt because he had already been on Mike Johnston's 
> list. As far as PJ work... is that all there is? You don't like 
> Koudelka - I do. So we have different tastes. :-)
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> 'New and improved' only rarely has to do with innovation. Print 
> quality is certainly satisfying and enjoyable but in the end, like 
> most technical expertise is not the most important thing. The possibly 
> unfortunate thing is when you see truly great printing a lot of the 
> other aspects of the photos kind of fades for a while.
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>>  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. :-)
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