Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] Prints After Death of Photographer
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 22:43:50 -0500 (CDT)

On Mon, 7 Jul 2014 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: 

>Nice article. 

>To which my personal reply is - "crap is crap, whether you are alive 
>or dead!" and secondly, specifically in relation to the two artists 
>covered - "its all about marketing, and not about any semblance of 
>being interesting". 

>Both personal views. YMMV. 

>www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/arts/design/when-images-come-to-life-after-death.html
> 

>Cheers 
>Jayanand
==============================================================================================================
I think Winogrand went over the top with excessive (and obsessive) shooting, 
but I'll go on the record as liking Vivian Maier's photos a LOT.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
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