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Subject: [Leica] was NYTimes on Winogrand Exhibit and Street Shooting now who's your favorite street shooter
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 15:28:20 -0500
References: <CAJ4y7gxGin+U16CYXgbLxnxXck6JpFTE-Q=NGW5oBwZGWgWDnw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-EpSC8uR5i7VsxRhL1u7Jkh4UYKsDY80X_a2qh5knq8vg@mail.gmail.com> <22C3E826-1F8E-4F7E-905C-B7F322F60206@comcast.net>

I'll start: Elliot Erwitt for overall body of work, although the category
'street shooter' can cover a lot of ground.

--Bob


==On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> wrote:

> Richard - I saw the SFMOMA exhibit and think his hits to miss ratio is low
> but... when he hits it's pretty spectacular.  Anyway it might be of
> interest for folks to toss out who they like as their favorite street
> shooter.
>
> ernie
> On May 5, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If anyone is going to the SF one, remember that the SFMOMA is closing
> June
> > 2nd,... for THREE years as they are rebuilding. The main Hall actually
> has
> > a really cool exhibit right now also.
> >
> > Winograd is not my favorite street artist, mainly because it's the same
> > type of photos he shot. For example, the periods he covered included the
> > civil rights movement and of all the hundreds of photos in the show,
> there
> > are may be 3-4 photos where African American are present, and as far as
> we
> > can tell, exactly one photo where there is an Asian present - and only
> > because she was pretty and had goofy hair.
> >
> > Nevertheless, very worthwhile to see.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> This may require a subscription:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/arts/design/garry-winogrand-retrospective-in-san-francisco.html?ref=arts
> >>
>
>


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