[Leica] Erwin Blumenfeld in the NYer - Mark

[Mark Rabiner]

"Dandy" though is also not much of a compliment to foist upon ones self.
But a hop, skip and jump from Dandy is the whole idea of "Gentleman
photographer" (or lady equivalent). And that kind of thing is certainly part
of Leica "Culture". Leica lifestyle.

Righty now I am reading a small book I've had for a few years its small and
hard cover and fits in my side bag with my camera. Its called:
The Mind's Eye
Writings on Photography and Photographers
Photographs and essays by Henri Cartier-Bresson
 http://aperture.org/shop/books/henri-cartier-bresson-the-minds-eye-book#sth
ash.Y6T40aFy.dpuf
http://tinyurl.com/kqku57e

Going to finally find out what this guy thinks. YouTube ing him is
frustrating for a guy who does not speak French all that well. English
either!

He actually in the capture I'm on now actually used the term "Decisive
moment" to describe what you'd want when doing a portrait.
Previously in the many chapters before he never once used the term. And this
didn't surprise me. The fact that he just now as I'm reading did use the
term did surprise me.  I almost think its in deferent to his publisher who
came up with the term to title the English Language version of his book and
the fact that he is so closely associated with the term.



On 9/18/14 6:20 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> Dilettante is not far from Dandy - HCB could afford that I think - and
> an amateur because he loved his craft and didn't actually need the
> cash either.
> 
> As a native speaker, I would use both terms as HCB did.
> 
> Amities
> Philippe
> 
> 
> Le 18 sept. 14 à 02:16, Mark Rabiner a écrit :
> 
>> Also HCB Henri Cartier-Bresson who I'm reading now and Alfred
>> Stieglitz also
>> held up this "amateur"  term as an ideal instead of the opposite.
>> Also the related term " dilettante" is used as a compliment instead
>> of the
>> opposite by these guys (wh0 may have never met) and their
>> followers.  It
>> gets confusing. Part of it may be that these major arbiters of
>> taste, style
>> and technique were born into so much money that they could piss off
>> anybody
>> they wanted to and still pay the rent at the end of the month. They
>> just
>> didn't need your business. They just didn't have to care.!!
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/16/14 6:29 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, Phil  I like his quote:
>> 
>> "I was an amateur‹I am an amateur‹and I
>>> intend to stay an amateur. To me an
>> amateur photographer is one who is in love
>>> with taking pictures, a free
>> soul who can photograph what he likes and who
>>> likes what he photographs. By
>> that definition I am an amateur, so that is the
>>> definition that I accept."
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Phil Swango
>>> <pswango at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I saw this on Twitter and took a look.  Great
>>> fashion work IMO.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/erwin-blumenfelds-studio
>>> 
>>> You
>>> may have to be a subscriber to view but I'm not sure about that.
>>> 
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