Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HCB for the geometries Wonderful colours thanks for the link Amiti?s Philippe Le 4 sept. 13 ? 19:10, Ken Iisaka a ?crit : > The New York Times recently ran an article about Jerome Delay, > chronicling > the humanitarian struggles in Mali. > > What made this particularly interesting, at least to me, that his > equipment > is utterly simple: one camera, and one 50/1.4 lens. > > Perusing through his work, the most remarkable aspect of his images > is the > transparency and immediacy. With the "normal" perspective that the > lens > provides, it removes all distractions such as geometric distortion, > perspective exaggerations, and peeping-tom voyeurism so prevalent on > today's pages. > > These images speak very powerfully, not because of the super-high-tech > (which it is) wizardry, but how distractions caused by unnatural > perspectives are eliminated. Yet, his works have depth and focus > that many > other photographers try to create using super-wide or super-tele > lenses. > Even the crooked horizon in a couple of of the photographs isn't > distracting. > > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/the-lens-is-standard-the-photos-anything-but/ > > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE