Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The collection of carefully printed images which represents out best work is plenty of times not a result of our own darkroom work. But they are out choices. And that takes lots of work lots of consideration. The same people who somehow can't get themselves to spend any real time in the darkroom are the same people who can't find themselves able to have a custom print made. But buy and sell plenty of camera gear back and forth none the less. The bottom line no interest in the photographic process. Only the gear. This Vivian Maier I google wiki and see she shot 100,000 photographs and after her death they were curated by someone else. Rolls and rolls of undeveloped film. No that's a damn shame! I knew a guy who shot contraction sites in Portland Oregon year after year. Was a janitor. And had a room filled with undeveloped film when he died. Me I'd call that psychotic. After he died did someone spend thousands developing them? I'd guess not. Maybe they were great?!? Maybe not. If he didn't care then I don't. Vivian Maiers work is nice but had she gone through the full circle process of seeing her results, editing, rating and printing or having the best ones on her rolls printed as she shot them that kind of circular feed back would have made her a far far better photographer. And she'd be much better known. And I'd not have to look her up to find out who she and what her pictures look like. I also think the person who curated her work should get about as much credit for the work as she did. She took no responsibly for her work. I have no respect for that. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:08:28 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Photography WAS: De-lurking intro > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> In the old days when someone really loved cameras and gear and not so much >> photography itself you'd know it because if you ever saw any prints you'd >> see very poorly printed darkroom prints. And you'd know. > > Not real sure about that. At the Vivian Maier exhibit (Chicago > Cultural Center until April) you can see some of her own prints. They > are just thrown into a glass display box along with her hats and > cameras. They're not very good at all. > > But when you look at her photographs, you definitely get the > impression that she loved photography, or what she could do with a > camera in her hands, if that is photography. She might have loved > photography enough that she didn't bother printing, knew she wouldn't > be able to live up to her standards, and she couldn't afford an > assistant. She was "just" a nanny. > > Maloof is scanning and scanning. You can see the latest additions from > a couple of days ago: > > http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ > > Sure, you might say. She works like this-one-and-that-one > photographer. But on the blog, he doesn't provide the dates. At the > exhibit you could see when they were taken. She pre-dates most of > those you would guess she has been influenced by. > > Imagine scanning through 100,000 frames and popping out images like > those as you go along. No wonder he keeps at it. > > But I do understand your point, Mark. I just wanted ... DamFyNo. > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information