Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, I agree 100% with your view. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:56 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:36 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > Phillips asked about what is epicness. Well, someone else wrote about it: > > http://photofocus.com/2014/09/17/on-making-epic-photographs/ > > > > Photographers are filled with the desire to make Epic images. That drive > > gets us up in the morning and keeps us staring into the monitor after > most > > have said "goodnight." It's what we do. We do it because it fills us up. > It > > satisfies. It completes us. It is often nothing less than our reason for > > being on the planet. > > Seems like an abuse of the term; > at least as defined in any good dictionary; > or as used in the literary and filmic traditions. > > I'd like to see 10 examples of > "Epic Photograph(s)" > > to help me understand how this term > is being used in this article. > > I would say that > http://www.amazon.com/Minamata-W-Eugene/dp/093826205X > qualifies as an Epic Photographic Essay > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >