Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah oui?! All the best from Paris! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 21 avr. 2012 ? 23:30, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit : > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information