Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So that's where he's hiding ;-) > SmugMug has a very active street and pj photo forum moderated by none > other > than BD Colen: > http://www.dgrin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=59 > > <http://www.dgrin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=59>Join us! I don't have as much > time these days, but I do enjoy reading the forum as often as I can. > > Tina > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I sense that there are fewer fans of street photography, but I cannot >> say >> why. The Street Photography forum seemed to go from B&W film to color >> digital about 7-8 years ago (when digital became completely usable), and >> the >> division between street photography and other genres seems to have >> become >> fuzzy as a result. Lluis's photos seem to still be squarely in the genre >> of >> street photography. And I see less of this every day. Some of the street >> photography adherents on the LUG seem to have drifted away, and some >> have >> died. Steve LeHuray really lived and breathed street photography with a >> Leica M that made Garry Winogrand's M4 seem "minty" (ebay term) by >> comparison. Maybe the SPers are a dying breed. After last week's heated >> discussion of about 100 posts on SP, I hope nobody was scared off. >> >> I want to get back into Lluis mode soon. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >> > Is street photography dying? I just returned from a major NY area >> photo >> show >> > in a community rife with advertising, commercial and TV photographers. >> There >> > were 60 exhibitors, many of them successful photo professionals. Only >> one >> > offered what could be called a street photo. There were just three >> pictures >> > of people, one in the street photo and the other two reasonably formal >> > portraits. The rest were carefully arranged landscapes, flowers, and >> travel >> > scenes with studied attention to the rules of composition. There was >> little >> > spontaneity and no apparent joy. It looked like the final exam in a >> photo >> > school composition class. Everyone was trying to be an ARTIST. How >> boring >> > compared to the LUG. Fortunately the wine and cheese were good. >> > >> > Larry Z >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >