Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I agree! Our own Jim Shulman fits in that category, too. Tina On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > I think humor is one of the higher and more important type of smarts. > > Its really as if EE has a monopoly on humor in photography. > > You'd think it would be every other guy as is the case in every other > field > > but just not photography. > > I just cant think of a photographer known for humor working nowadays off > the > > top of my head at all. Not one. > > Another Magnum photog Richard Kalvar has a lot of irony and a lot of > darned > > near to sight gags in his shots but seems to be a different league in > that > > respect from Erwitt. > > > Craig Semetko is a young (ish), wonderful, very humorous photographer > well known to many of us and busy today. Take a look Mark. > > He is well known to Elliott Erwitt, who has helped him become known. The > two are close in many ways. I think Craig is terrific and wish > > him well. > > > > Steve > > > > > > On 7/26/13 8:03 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > > >> Thx for posting, though it is yet another site that makes me want to > smash > >> all my photo gear. And, it is difficult to imagine anything more > >> ridiculous than a McDonald's ad popping up in the middle of those > images. > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > >> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > >> Tina > >> Manley > >> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:38 PM > >> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; Olympus > Camera > >> Discussion > >> Subject: [Leica] Elliott Erwitt > >> > >> PESO: > >> > >> I don't like most of CNN's Photo Essay features because they are usually > >> about a gimmick instead of the photos but today they are featuring > Elliott > >> Erwitt: > >> > >> > http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/26/being-funny-is-serious-business/?h > >> pt=hp_bn14 > >> > >> Well worth watching. > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com