Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] THE TRUTH OF THE PHOTO!! --- NEW STUFF : SIGN OF THE TMES. COLOUR OR b&w
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:28:28 -0700
References: <7auabm$36e2k8@pd3mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>

On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Ted Grant wrote:

> anyway, good on you, as you've pushed buttons that will have us  
> thinking and
> arguing on several fronts,
>
>
>
> TG: 6/ No preference other than my quotation " When you photograph  
> people in
> Colour you photograph their clothes. When you photograph people in  
> B&W you
> photograph their souls!"  This also must be tempered with  
> intelligence.
> Simply because doing an assignment in India would be pretty stupid  
> to only
> shoot B&W due to the colours of the country and peoples clothing.  
> However?
> If you were doing a documentary on the slums .... I would shoot all  
> B&W
> without question!

and slums of Canada and America too?

Steve





>
> I think one can read the economic situation or the education  
> situation in
> cost of attending. But the second line is right in the face so true  
> fo many
> people.



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