[Leica] RAMBLA by Josep Maria de Llobet

[Frank Filippone]

Different purpose, different aesthetic.

On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 12:06 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> The Hasselblad image has so much more visual appeal going for it.  From
> craft(folding the paper) the delicate holding detail of dark tones to the
> wonderful body position of the model.
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 3:31 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
> >Ffer
> wrote:
>
> > Isn't most architectural and especially documentary architectural
> > photography like that?  Not Art?
> >
> > I agree with you in this way:  It is not MY idea of art, either.
> >
> > Yes you are right, the guy shot for some purpose, what we will never
> truly
> > know as only HE knows why, and some company either sponsored the
> shooting (
> > the camera costs in excess of $50K) or paid for the rights to use it in
> an
> > advertisement.
> >
> > It is the commercialization of photography.
> >
> > There is another rather beautiful (IMO) Hasselblad ad that has a Black
> > woman framed against a blue wall, using white folded paper as a clothing
> > that
> > is also quite nice.....
> >
> > take a look:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.hasselblad.com/inspiration/stories/gavin-goodman-sculptural-headwear-x1d-ii-50c/?utm_source=Hasselblad+End+Users&utm_campaign=8854b4be07-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_25_12_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16f5cb481a-8854b4be07-349941021
> >
> > Nathan:  What do you think of this commercialization?
> >
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
> > On 7/7/2021 9:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > > I just found the pics somewhat mediocre. I get the idea of
> photographing
> > empty streets during the lockdown—I did that too—but please do not tell
> me
> > > that these images are Art. They are marketing material for a company.
> > It’s like when I see references to “Leica photographer” or “Nikon
> > > photographer”. I usually cringe. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman
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> > >> On 7 Jul 2021, at 20:50, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> > May I concur? Been there (Ramblas) many times, and done both, I still dk
> > >> what I shot better. But Lluis, mon Ami, sure does rule when people are
> > involved :-) Amities Philippe
> > >>> Le 7 juil. 2021 à 20:34, Frank Filippone via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > a écrit : Accept a different aesthetic? Call it documentary architecture?
> > >>> Different purpose? No picture is "better" or "worse" than another.
> > Only different. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
> > >>>> Pics are decent but do not even approach what our Lluis does.
> Cheers,
> > Nathan
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Frank Filippone
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