Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand I feel very differently about Ansel's work as you know. Let me say as an example that to stand in Yosemite is a religious experience. 2009/6/3 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman