Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm. Well I would always avoid any socio/political discussion in a photography group. I'll let Ansel adams comment. "No matter how sophisticated you may be, a huge granite mountain cannot be denied-it speaks in silence to the very core of your being." For me you cannot stand where that man stood and not be moved. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/u/y/Ye1.jpg.html 2009/11/2 slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> > Well, he did have a point with that. > But photographing a landscape in the US is a socio/political statement to > begin with, Teddy so to that. > Flap his side-walk cafe coffee sipping lips all he wants, HCB was no > de-Tocqueville! > But on the other hand, much of that so-called crisis, was manufactured by > colonialism. Of which HCB participated in, profited from, and never > formally > renounced. > S.d. > > > On Nov 1, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > HCB also said (about Ansel Adams) "Now in this moment, this crisis, with >> the >> world maybe going to pieces--to photograph a *landscape*!" >> >> >> >> 2009/11/2 slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >> >> Still, for a one trick pony, HCB held his own quite well. >>> I think it's a hallmark of the French to make emotivist comments on what >>> they know least about. >>> (And, yes, I lived, and went to school there.) >>> S.d. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: >>> >>> Henri Cartier-Bresson said that if God intended us to use waist-level >>> >>>> finders, He'd have given us eyes in our stomachs. >>>> As much as I love HCB's sense of form, I think he failed to understand >>>> the >>>> fun, excitement and sheerly surreptitious advantages >>>> of using the Rollie. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> The new LEICA M9 >>>> Passion for perfect pictures. >>>> http://www.m.leica-camera.com >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>