[Leica] IMG: "Tristes Tropiques" book project

[Mitchell Alland]

Douglas - thanks for the comment. The third from the last in the “Bangkok Hysteria”portfolio is also one of my favorites; and the look of the main subject is, I would say, penetrating. The whole issue of the extent and level of interaction between the subject and the photographer in street photography is, in my view, not an automatic thing ,with more or deeper interaction always being better. If the intent is to depict, which I tend to do, then it really depends on what you’re trying to depict — and sometimes no interaction or awareness of being photograph can be better. 

- - Mitch



> Subject: [Leica] IMG: "Tristes Tropiques" book project
> From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:04:01 +0100
> References: <8FB4A663-6A94-483A-B59A-7D87DF611FE4 at me.com>
> Well Mitch, I've looked at both and have to say I thought they brought a 
> sense of the buzz that comes from living in a busy city. That said the 
> stronger images for me were the ones that showed some contact between the 
> photographees and the photographer, no matter how fleeting. The third last 
> in the B&W is one of the strongest.
> 
> However, I do have to say - yet again - expecting comments from people on a 
> list as image heavy as the LUG is more than mildly ambitious. Most of us 
> have little enough time, and other demands driving our lives. I do look at 
> every image, but, as I'm retired (but busy) and can't afford to hire a 
> secretary to type up any potential comments, they remain unuttered. Life can 
> be disappointing betimes, but then again, maybe I'll win the lottery and be 
> able to hire a team of secretaries to type wordy essays on each photograph's 
> lighting, composition, punctum, etc., but then again, the chances of that 
> are unlikely...
> 
> :-)
> 
> Keep clicking
> 
> Douglas