Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I am with HCB on the latter point. Though Adams' iconic vision looks great, it also looks bare, emotionless and to a point a little sterile - that those vast swathes of land have no living creature in them at all....(I have four of Alan Ross' prints of AA negatives, and they really glow - but I would not buy more) For a modern equivalent for using unusual equipment, there is Nick Brandt, who shoots African wildlife close up, and in black & white with a Pentax 6x7 - http://www.nickbrandt.com/ . These things are generally the exception rather than the rule. Each one chooses the tools for the job at hand depending on how he conceptualizes and visualizes it, and these things will differ from person to person. What I think is more important, is that the photographer is one with his camera, working on pure instinct. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:18 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > George Lottermoser wrote: > >>>> > Paul strand could have chosen a rollei, or whatever > he chose an 8x10 camera with a prism on the lens > for his street work in Egypt. > That work looks the way it does > because of the man and his choice. > <<< > > And Eliot Porter used a 4x5 view camera for his photos of wild birds. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >