[Leica] What is Epic?

[John Nebel]

Perhaps epic might be an apt description of a series of photos telling a story, 
with each being a stanza, and culminating in a transmogrification?


On 9/18/14 9:38 AM, philippe.amard wrote:
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> Le 18 sept. 14 à 12:36, Richard Man a écrit :
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>> Phillips asked about what is epicness. Well, someone else wrote about it:
>> http://photofocus.com/2014/09/17/on-making-epic-photographs/
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> I guess this one's for me Richard, thanks.
> However, this guy's prose remains mostly tautological old gobbledycook to me. I
> quote:
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> "I explained that epic results are the fruit of ongoing practice. “The more you
> shoot,” I told him “the more often you’ll make an epic photograph.”
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> What are we supposed to understand of so called Epic photography with that I
> wonder.
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> Amities
> Trying hard but so far fairly unsuccessful Philippe - not the screwdriver ;-)
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>> 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.
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>> --
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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