Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I am puzzled why modern photographers revere these old names of the > distant past. Their images for the most part are second rate when > compared to the awesome results produced by many current, known and > unknown, photographers today. > For the same reason we revere Renoir (Pere & fils), Monet, Pollock, et cetera, because they were great artists. If you have to have it explained to you because looking at their photographs doesn't move you, then you probably would never understand anyway. > Perhaps its the mistaken belief that the images are good because they > were made with ancient unmanagable equipment. Which is ridiculous, of > course, because an image must stand alone regardless of what or even > who made it. > See above. > I wonder how many of the old masters would succeed with todays > competition if they (hypothetically) had to start now. I suspect that > the versatility of modern equipment would render their flair for > peeling paint pictures totally obsolete. > Do you take pictures with the narrative quality of Salgado or Gordon Parks? > Regards and a Happy New year > Regards and a Happy New Year > Alan Hull > Speciallization is for insects. > Insects are for dinner. > >