Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It may be instructive to read the book, "Magnum, Fifty years at the front line of history", by Russell Miller, to get a different perspective of HCB (and of Magnum in general; what a messed up organization!). You may not want to quote him so freely after reading it. Just be satisfied with his photographic legacy. Dan C. At 04:49 PM 17-03-99 -0800, you wrote: >IMHO, this is simply an opinion of and by HCB. Neither correct, nor >incorrect. Simply "his" opinion. > >As far as saying it all... in reality it says nothing. It is simply an opinion. > >Jim > > >At 12:39 AM 3/18/99 +0100, Bruce Feldman wrote: > >>Just came across this quote, which says it all: >> >>"I'm always amused by the ideas that certain people have about technique, >>which translates into an immoderate taste for the sharpness of the image. >>Is it a passion for detail? For perfection? Or do they hope to get closer >>to reality with this trompe l'oeil? They are, by the way, as far away from >>the real issues as other generations of photographers were when they >>obscured their subjects in soft-focus effects." >> >> -- HCB, quoted in American Photo, Sept/Oct '97, p. 76. >> >> >> > > >