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Subject: [Leica] Are we anal puddle jumpers or what? Mark
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:07:35 +0200
References: <CC069776.1FEF3%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Le 20 juin 12 ? 02:54, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :

> Thanks though this thread did not touch upon gear until the last few  
> posts
> today. Yesterday and last night till late it was about how a  
> documentary art
> photographer such as HCB works. Does he get involved with his  
> subjects or
> not.

He's very ambiguous about this.
Involved yes, when doing portraits, to the point when they forget he's  
there he says.
Else, much fuzzier ...


> How the puddle shot was done. What the decisive moment might mean. The
> introduction of the idea a few hours ago that this has anything to  
> do with
> gear choices is pretty lame red herring.

Says his camera is just like a sketch book - a personal remark (Ph's?,  
of course you can be picky with sketch book (re-read Paul Auster)


Ph



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