[Leica] Sally Mann and her lens

[Nathan Wajsman]

"So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone in the streets and the windows said, "Oh, how fine are the Emperor's new clothes! Don't they fit him to perfection? And see his long train!" Nobody would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him either unfit for his position, or a fool. No costume the Emperor had worn before was ever such a complete success.”

- H.C. Andersen

On 9 Dec 2014, at 06:13, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> ..and sold var millions but you confusing her with Gursky et al
> On Dec 8, 2014 9:06 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> And the resulting garbage is printed HUGE and hung in art galleries.
>> 
>> On 9 Dec 2014, at 04:09, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> A commentary on our obsession with FLE ASPH ED OIS lens?
>>> 
>>> ***********
>>> I certainly could go out and buy a good, tack-sharp lens that would take
>>> the perfect picture, that's in focus from end to end. But instead, I
>> spend
>>> an awful lot of time at that antique mall, looking around for these
>> lenses
>>> with just the right amount of decrepitude. The glue has to be peeling off
>>> of the lens elements; it's great if it's mildewed and out of whack. A
>> lens
>>> is made up of several different pieces of glass, which are supposed to
>> stay
>>> glued in the right relationship with each other. But my most prized lens
>>> has one of the pieces of glass askew, so when the light comes in it, it's
>>> refulgent. It just bounces all around and does this great sort of
>>> luminescent thing on the glass. You can tell a good ruined lens, right
>> from
>>> the get-go: they are the ones you find in the trash cans of old photo
>>> studios, in some ghost town in Iowa. I mean, that's the kind of lens I'm
>>> looking for.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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>>> 
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>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
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Nathan Wajsman
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