Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Mason writes in part: > Contrast her Africa with a contemporary's, say, > Margaret Bourke-White's. > > > a photographic genius > > Absurd, Marc. Capable of producing striking images, > yes. But what is genius? Watkins, Cameron, Evans, > Kertesz, HC-B, Weston....? Look at the body of work. > She can't even clean their lenses. Perhaps it is time to rescreen her film 'Triumph of the Will'. After doing so, have a look at the state of cinematography of the day (mid 1930's). That film is the BC & AD of cinema documentaries. Very, very, little of what has been done since can hold a candle to it. She was absolutely innovative, inventive, and masterful with motion pictures. Something she was denied the ability to do by the industry ater WWII. Greg J. Lorenzo Calgary, Alberta