Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] art, manual focus & other misunderstanding
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 12:13:29 -0400

Your use of the word "fake" in the context of your emails implies that his
work was somehow sub-standard, wheras in reality it was of the very highest
standard.  He was a great photographer, and I am sure you will agree withg
this, regardless of how he actually constructed his masterpieces.  And
while I'm not sure about you in particular, I am very certain that most
photographers, with all the money and models in the world, would not be
able to produce a body of work that can compete with Doisneau.  At best,
the efforts would be shot down with a, "Here's another Doisneau copycat.
Can't he do anything original?".

Just MHO, but certainly shared by many.

Dan C.

At 11:05 AM 05-05-99 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:15 AM 5/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I would like to see some of your work that competes with Dousneau.
>
>You guys don't get it. My point was that I can fake pictures all day long. 
>I dong find his pictures all that compelling, because I know that with 
>money and models, I could do the same.
>
>I have no interest in doing it, so forget it.
>
>My composition would be different, it would be in color, but it would be 
>just as fake.
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
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