[Leica] The decisive moment..... NOT!!

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

> On Jan 7, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I think HCB would be rolling over in his grave if he saw this.  A prime
> example why I am not a good people photographer.  I just can't seem to find
> that decisive moment.


the "decisive moment", as clever and commonly accepted as it is,  is a 
fiction, a creation of   ? perhaps an editor or publisher...?

Cartier-Bresson's original title, still used on the French version of his 
book.... Images a la Sauvette, means hurried images, or images taken on the 
sly,  almost stolen, taken without permission. So Aram, I am sure your 
photos qualify, perhaps more so, even if there is nothing particularly 
decisive about them. Just so long as they are not posed, and permission was 
not obtained.

Now as to the question, of whether if you are to steal an image, which 
one should it be ? 

Just as Cartier-Bresson was selective of his hurried images for his book, 
the one to show here is our dilemma.

Perhaps, just getting the intact taco into the mouth qualifies.


Steve





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> Take at Taco Tuesday.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c4/s/Tacho+Tuesday+1-0125.jpg.html
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> And a crop to see the really offending portion of the photo
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c4/s/Taco+Tuesday-0125.jpg.html
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> So, I guess, give me some rocks to photograph.  At least they will hold
> their pose long enough (Geologic time)  for me to capture their best look.
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> Comments welcome.
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> Aram
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> Aram Langhans
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> (Semi) Retired  Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
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> "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
> would ever have dared dream."   James D. Watson
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