Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> Philippe, >>> >>> I fully agree your criteria, that's more difficult is communicate >>> to the >>> spectator the same sentiment you had when you took the image. Was Luis >> >> I really don't know if that is possible. >> Anybody? > > I do think it possible, desirable, difficult and necessary in the > context of fine, strong powerful photography; whether street or > other genres. I think it fair to suggest that the best reach for > more than just a record; and strive to communicate an emotion - at > the very least a feeling of extraordinary beauty, irony, humor, > pathos, compassion - something. Whatever the photographer feels > then needs enhanced and/or amplified by the aesthetic elements > composed in the frame. I don't think it enough to just document, > technically well, a beautiful object, place, or event. If the > photographer does not have strong feelings and/or thoughts about > the subject it's unlikely that the viewer of the photograph will. I agree wholeheartedly, but not for street photography. Maybe because I don't consider myself as a street photographer. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >