Re: Leicaphilia

[AdiSoon <adisoon@pl.jaring.my>]

Sometimes, the value of a print hanging on the wall can be found in
those moments, when least expected, it is noticed. A sudden thought
could occur, perhaps a jolt of an emotion, or the remembering of a
detail associated within it. Likewise, revelations such as these change
over time as the observer of it goes through changes in his life and
finds each new viewing of a familiar picture an exploration into
different moods. Maybe only with certain pictures....

- --adisoon  

Robert Brummett wrote:
> 
> >ted grant wrote:
> >
> >> And as far as buying prints of those I like, I prefer to collect books for my
> >> personal library, as without books to learn photography, it is like trying to
> >> sail the oceans without charts. It is a much greater value for the dollars
> >>than
> >> a single print hanging on the wall.
> >
> >I, too, am a collector of books, not prints.  One of the beauties of
> >photography is that it is accessible to almost anyone.  Painting and
> >sculpture and other "art" is unique and only for a few.
> >
> >Photography is the communication for the masses (listening, Oddmund??),
> >a way to move people across languages and cultures.  And I'd rather have
> >my dogeared copy of the "Family of Man" or the "Creation" by Ernst Haas
> >that I can haul down to the local coffee house and get lost in than any
> >number of "original" prints hanging in my home.
> >
> >Even with my advertising work, it is nice to touch many people.  I shot
> >the composite photo on the cover of TurboTax/MacinTax software package
> >that had a print run of 7 million, plus all the catalogues and ads.  It
> >feels good to have my work seen by many, many people.  To me, prints and
> >transparencies are just the raw materials that take you to the printed
> >page where everyone has access.
> >
> >Think of the iconic images--like the street execution in Viet Nam by
> >Eddie Adams or the Kissing photos of Eisenstadt or Doisneau (sp?)--that
> >have become part of our cultural mythology, not because they are
> >precious work of art, but because they are both powerful and SEEN via
> >mass media.
> >
> >There is one image by Dmitri Kessel I would like to own an original
> >print of, maybe one or two by Emil Schultheiss, but beyond that, give me
> >books (like Ted's).
> >
> >Maybe it is just the journalist in me.
> >
> >Donal Philby
> >San Diego
>