Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, I agree totally! His shot of kids reacting to a puppet show is one of the most pure representations of human emmotion I have seen on film. Photography does not HAVE to show misery to be meaningfull. Dan >From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] I missed it. >Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 09:10:01 -0600 > >At 09:43 AM 4/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Leica >>or not, is grossly overrated "People" photography. He may have been the >>world's >>most charming guy, but.... > >In the context of the history of photojournalism, he has many, many >wonderful pictures. The ballerinas standing in the windows sills. Amazing >light! The kids following the drum major. Churchill giving the Victory >sign. The sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square. I could go on and on. > >He was truly a pioneer of the profession, and though he took many pictures >that are not terribly meaningful to most of us, he was amazingly prolific. >He had his own style. He never copied anyone. He is original as it gets. >And he deserves our respect for that, and not such a negative epithet as >the one above. He does not deserve being put in the same category as pseudo >photojournalists who specialize in celebrity photography for People. Sure >he had a lot of pot boilers. He was a staff photographer. That means having >to photograph many things the boss's think are important that he might not >have thought was so important. > >As he said in one interview, he learned to not be intimidated by anyone, >and treated everyone with respect. He was one of the greats. > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > The precept: Judge not, that ye be not judged... is an > abdication of moral responsibility. It is a moral blank > check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank > check one expects for oneself. The moral principle to adopt > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com