[Leica] What is Epic?

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

George,
I agree 100% with your view.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:56 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:36 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > Phillips asked about what is epicness. Well, someone else wrote about it:
> > http://photofocus.com/2014/09/17/on-making-epic-photographs/
> >
> > 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.
>
> Seems like an abuse of the term;
> at least as defined in any good dictionary;
> or as used in the literary and filmic traditions.
>
> I'd like to see 10 examples of
> "Epic Photograph(s)"
>
> to help me understand how this term
> is being used in this article.
>
> I would say that
> http://www.amazon.com/Minamata-W-Eugene/dp/093826205X
> qualifies as an Epic Photographic Essay
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
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