Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/06

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Subject: Re: Re: Weltanschauung
From: Afterswift@aol.com
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:47:21 -0400 (EDT)

<<The strength of photography, in my opinion is it's connection to reality.
In that sense, documentary and photojournalism are the two practices in
photography that get to the heart of the medium's strength. Thus some of
the best "art" photography is done with a Leica, or Canon or Nikon. Slices
of life, the fleeting moments. --Eric Welch>>

Eric, 

I second your comment above. That's why I hope art photographers will derive
their images in the spirit of the documentary and photojournalism tradition.
In short, they should find their subjects in the field behind the viewfinder
and within the camera and do their art in the same place -- the fresh and
invigorating air of reality.

Bob