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Subject: [Leica] Eugene Smith, Charlie Chaplin, and 6 Leicas
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:38:17 -0500
References: <299064.79290.qm@web32207.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <AEA715D5-54C5-4BCA-A31C-377711E25E2C@charter.net> <19b6d42d1002210959i638f628epf39ee791c4bd0e75@mail.gmail.com> <30db39f21002211032y64f8e401n4973b011a5b769@mail.gmail.com>

It's odd that there would be such radically opposed schools of thought on
his printing: I could understand "really great" versus "good but not
great...."  But what we have is "great" versus "bad amateur."  I'll have to
do a little more research on this matter, obviously.

PS wha it means PMFJI ?

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert D. Baron <rbaron at 
concentric.net>wrote:

> PMFJI: My memory is not what it once may have been so maybe someone
> else  who saw the exhibit can chime in: sometime between say 2000 and
> 2004 or so there was a major exhibit at the ICP in New York City of
> the Dream Street project and the walls were lined with Smith's prints.
>  My current memory is that I was not at all impressed by the quality;
> they reminded me of my feeble attempts at printing when I was in high
> school.  And its not like I've never seen a good print by a master
> printer.....
>
> --Bob
>
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