Re: [Leica] Photos

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

At 10:08 PM 5/13/99 +1000, you wrote:
>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/

Thanks for the thoughtful comments and suggestions...I'll look for both....
>
>-----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.
>>
>