Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes to all your questions. There are many ways of seeing. I suppose my favorite Ribaud image is: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&VBID=2K1HZO9L53GPI&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm&IID=2S5RYDZ247PK&PN=4&CT=Search which is certainly not a cheery street scene. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 21, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > Mindful that I'm opening a can of worms and the kind of discussion > that I don't often see in this forum, would the various posters be up > to the task of identifying (links appreciated) their favorite images > by Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis? I ask for several reasons, but the > most important seems to be a world view shared by their images and the > LUG members who like them, namely that life, if caught at the right > moment, is carefree, happy and soulful, and that the common man, and, > indeed all men, caught at the right moment has beauty, nobility, and > innocence. I call this entrenched optimism, Ted uses the words "people > in real life on the street" and Gerry feels that they capture [sic] > "the soul, without [which] we are lost." Doesn't real life entail much > more than these images show? Is there something about photography > (street and/or Leica photography in particular) that lends itself to > portraying life in this way? Finally, is it possible for photography > to capture other aspects of the lives of people on the street ... and > still be great photography? > > -Lew S > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >