Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Interesting. TFS. What struck me is that most of the pictures have no emotional impact for me, like the girls in the gang on the street, without her narration, as I am not steeped in the nitty gritties of US culture. Goes against what Kyle says that one of her tenets was, about not having a caption. I think that is valid when you have a mono cultural, homogenous viewership for your work, but once you have a cross cultural audience, a little explanation, like a caption, is invaluable to create the emotional impact! Of course, this observation is for the sort of photographs that she took, and obviously would apply to a much lesser extent for nature/wildlife and that sort of thing, but even there, giving the frame "a local habitation and a name" does help in pulling the viewer emotionally into the frame. My two bits! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > https://vimeo.com/80793010 > > View full screen. It is worth seeing and listening to I think, not so much > because of Leica but because of Mary Ellen Mark. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >