Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Steve, > > It's funny it never occurred to me to wonder what the words meant. It's not > the meaning of the words but the grace and fluidity (and confidence and > dynamism) with which they're drawn and with which they make their > appearance > on the paper that matters. Or so I've gathered from disparate places -- > mainly Japanese and Chinese film. It's not a narrative. The combination > emphasizes several things, i fyou think about it: Each form demands > spontaneity and improvisation within a strict disciplinary 'frame' as it > were. But I would venture that the deeper desire to combine the > calligraphy > with the photograph entails an effort to gracefully bring opposite things > together: a very practiced tactile manual creative process with a highly > technical or at least mechanical one; the supremely traditional with the > ultra modern. This is the great dilemma of contemporary life for anyone who > is trying to maintain contact with any sort of harmonious tradition -- > distant or near -- in the flood path of late capitalist consumer society. > I > mean, to simplify: it seems to me Richard is saying: Look, I am this AND > this. Not one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday. > > I have an argument with the color of the ink but of course the web is not a > venue through wihch to judge color. Somehow though the red feels like it's > insistently, forcefully holding the two elements apart rather than helping > them blend, at least at the edges. But I'm sure Richard has experimented > with the color and knows what he wants. good points and perhaps explaining what Richard is after... but I'm a simple guy and I ask, if the image says it, then words can only detract, so what do words do that essentially no one understands? How is this not to detract from an image , especially when the image is good, is bw, and the symbols/words are in red? Perhaps I am bordering on unfair, but it seems to be an example of self conscious salesmanship, Steve Steve > > Vince > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Steve Barbour >> >> On Mar 12, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> wrote: >> >> Some images are crying out for Chinese calligraphy!! >>> >> >> Errrrr. Why words? Why words that are not understood. (by many)? >> >> >>> :-) Nice work. >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at >>> gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: >>>> >>>> Tina >>>>> Regarding the photograph of yours that was selected for the LUF book. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The photograph to send a high resolution version of is the one shown on >>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>>> website. I mis-titled it when I originally saved it to disk. Please >>>>> >>>> submit a >>>> >>>>> high resolution version of the web photograph - the man sweating ? with >>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>>> correct title to the email address I mentioned in my original email. >>>>> >>>>> I tried to let you know earlier in the week but I kept getting a >>>>> message >>>>> saying the email couldn?t be delivered. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone else interested in seeing the photographs that were selected for >>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>>> book can see them here... >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Book_2010/> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> some wonderful and gorgeous images here Steve, some that seem familiar, >>>> >>>> how did the LUG do? >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < >>> http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >>> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> >>> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>> previous >>> replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information