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Subject: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:04:10 -0000
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Umm, I looked up Rian Dundon on the web: he made Time...

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1843145,00.html

Of course, the photo eds these days are getting sloppy.... :-)

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick


> No they're not mine Ted!! I posted the link as the particular area clashes 
> with most people's impression of Ireland, and I wouldn't even drive into 
> the place...
>
> I agree he has too many up on the site, and they can be repetitous, but 
> some of them are good.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick
>
>
>> Douglas Barry offered in response to a Tina poast:
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick
>>
>>
>>> It's a technique known as the Winogrand Camber....
>>> Douglas
>>
>>> From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:29 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick
>>>
>>> >>I like the photos but the tilts drive me crazy!<<<<< said Tina!
>>
>> Douglas had posted:
>>>here's some interesting shots by an Irish American photographer of
>>>Limerick's deprived areas. Parts of the place (aka Stab City) are not
>>>pleasant, and dangerous if you happen to be part of one of their drug 
>>>gangs.
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3y8rw8s<<<<<,
>>
>> First off Douglas I trust these aren't your exposures?????
>>
>> Douglas such a pity using this stupid no good tilt nonsense some people 
>> think make it look "more dramatic" More meaningful? Or whatever dumb ass 
>> expression excuse for quite simply damn poor taste in camera handling.
>>
>> In this case absolutely contributes not one iota creativeness, 
>> intelligence in the photographers camera handling. Quite frankly just 
>> plain old fashion copying some dumb ass so called "thing because 
>> Winogrand did it, therefore it must be important." BS big time!
>>
>> It just makes it into a bunch of "crappy exposures" as I couldn't use the 
>> term "photograph" they're so bad.
>> What's worse?
>>
>> An incredible location, where with one whit of photographic intellegence 
>> and creative eye, a truly smashing great photo series of documentary 
>> power ilustrating a terribly depressed area could've been shot!
>>
>> But Oh no Mr. Tilty Camera shot a bunch of dumb ass exposures in trying 
>> to copy a dimwit style he once saw in some photo magaizne
>>
>> enough said!
>> cheers,
>> ted
>>
>>
>>
>>
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