[Leica] Where are the people?

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

I was requested by several local papers to review a photoshow in one of the 
most prestigious galleries in the Hudson valley. The juror was Dr. Bernard 
Kessler, a noted photographer who is on the faculty of several colleges and 
has won more than his share of awards and prizes. Sixty five photos, 
including two of mine, were selected of the several hundred submitted. What 
is notable about the show is that only two photos had discernible people in 
them. Photos of people are left to the ubiquitous cell phone. It appears 
that photographers using modern digital or film cameras don?t take pictures 
of people any more. They shoot landscapes and close ups. I must admit that I 
fall into the same trap. One of my pictures was taken with a Leica CL, the 
other with an Olympus DSLR. I take snaps of my wife, kids and grandchildren 
with a pocket sized P&S camera. It is so easy to use and the recipients 
won?t appreciate the quality of a larger camera.