Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not so sure. Much to my wife's dismay I frequently photograph children on the street. Children are mostly still children in their exploration of the world. They also have screens which I believe are barely a net gain. On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 6:21 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Peter, > > On Instagram there are several short videos in which Sabine Weiss > expresses very well the different street life today, just as she says there > were not all the things that children have now, so the street was the place > to meet and play, even today I perceive a big difference between the > pictures I took in the 90s, even early 2000s and now, and as you very well > say, leaving aside the privacy issues. > Sabine Weiss says that recently at the Gare du Nord in Paris she saw a > little girl with a sad attitude leaning on a railing, took out her little > digital camera and took a picture. She was approached by some men who told > her that if it wasn't for the fact that she was a senior citizen they would > smash her face in. > This is the world we live in, Ramon Massats a great Catalan photographer > said it a long time ago, to take pictures of children you have to go to the > "Third World?. > Lluis > > > > El 15 nov 2021, a les 12:07, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va > escriure: > > > > Yes, there's a big difference between now and then. Street photographs > > today show something very different from life as it was then. But we > > have moved on and changed our way of life. In many big cities you simply > > wouldn't let your kids play outside in the way that I and I suspect many > > other LUGgers did. > > > > There's even a perceptible difference between the images that you took > > in the 90s and those that you take today, even those that are less > > digitally-orientated than this one. > > > > And that's before we get into issues of privacy and so on. > > > > Peter > > > > PS I hope Sabine appreciates it! > > > > > > On 12/11/2021 18:43, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: > >> I took it thinking about the words that Sabine Weiss usually says, she > says that with the evolution we have lost the street life that was in the > 50's and 60's, as you say it is a contribution to show the change that I > feel satisfied with. > >> > >> Thanks so much Don > >> Lluis > >> > >> > >>> El 12 nov 2021, a les 15:13, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > va escriure: > >>> > >>> A solid addition to your record of street life through the years. > >>> > >>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 6:37 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2021F100509.jpg.html> > >>>> Fuji 645 Wide 60, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:1 > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome > >>>> > >>>> Saludos cordiales > >>>> Lluis > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> Don > >>> don.dory at gmail.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > -- > > > > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com