Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He's an acquired taste, if one is inclined to acquire it. ;-) Some of his very early work, IMHO, is somewhat palatable for various reasons, mostly nostalgic and some technical prowess, I think, but when going thru the bulk of his work, I hold with those who feel that he has somehow transformed power snap shooting into an extremely lucrative endeavor...how and why that happened is, of course, a whole new topic. Montie >>Chris, If that is the explanation, I still don't get it! (-: I am in Richard's camp - I really do not like Eggleston - his photographs look banal to me. On the other hand I just got my copy of Bruce Davidson's 'Outside Inside' - it is stunning both in the quality of content and the printing - highly recommended. I got it from Amazon UK with free delivery to India. Considering it weighs half a ton, that was a big saving by itself. This the link, though I paid only GBP 110 for it a month ago: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bruce-Davidson-Outside-Journey-Consciousness/dp/386521908X/ref=sr_1_1 Publisher link with sample pages: http://www.steidlville.com/books/958-Outside-Inside.html Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chris Saganich <csaganich at gmail.com> wrote: > Eggleston is interesting, he is non-Descartes, not existential, but focused > on remembering the familiar. He is factual but is mostly driven by > composition and light. Reminds me mostly of Plato's idea that we forget or > overlook the obvious, that our history is forgetting the familiar. I wish > I > has Szarkowski's foward for the Eggleston Guide. > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > > Like it or not, he certainly has a lot of "followers" to his photographic > > methods. I have to agree with the New York Times assessment though - I > just > > don't get that kind of photography. > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/43223662#43223662 > > > > > > You wanna see some Leicas? Look in his safe....... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ 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 > > > > > > -- > Chris Saganich > www.imagebrooklyn.com