Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos
From: "Gareth Jolly" <garethjolly@bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 22:08:56 +1000

Hey, minimalist web page.

I really liked your Lone Woman Web - it is a very fine shot. With the
slightly threatening folds of the two jackets out of focus in the
foreground, the symetries between the crook of the woman's arm and the
jackets and her gaze and almost smile. The line of the hand bar.
Unsettling.

Also window riders and girls.

I take it you've seen Walker Evans shots from the 40s, of people on trains,
completely lost, preoccupied taken from a concealed camera,  Also Bill
Henson, an Australian photographer's, shots of crowds from the early 80s.

If you haven't seen either of these, I think you'd be interested in looking
them up.  See 'The Hungry Eye' (Walker Evans) and 'Photographs' (Bill
Henson)

Regards

Gareth Jolly
Sydney, Australia
http://www.users.bigpond.com/garethjolly/

- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 4:52
Subject: [Leica] Photos


>Well, there isn't a web page per se, but there is a collection of photos
>available for download/viewing at
>
>
>http://members.xoom.com/bdcolen/
>
>Some will load in a mercifully short period of time - other's will give you
>a chance to enjoy that single malt, or brew a cuppa Leicachinno while
>you're waiting. The collection is pretty eclectic- ranging from photos
>taken at and around the funeral of my mother-in-law, to the Boston T
>(subway), a fiddle club rehersal. All photos taken with an M6, most with a
>35 ASPH summilux, most with XP2 Super. Scanned with an HP Photoscan. The
>image quality isn't particularly great, but I will admit to liking some of
>the images. More to come in the near future.
>
>B. D.
>