Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here! Here! "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote: > Having bought a the Ernst Haas book "The Creation," I feel the same way. > There are those in the LUG that get worked up about his work, to me its just > OK. Doesn't do anything for me. > I'll take Rowell over Haas, Adams over Weston, Stieglitz over White, an M > over an R, Holyfield over Tyson, Cindy Crawford over Calista Flockhart, etc. > > Like everything else its just an opinion, nothing more. > > Peter K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee, Jonathan [mailto:Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:45 AM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Galen Rowell and Nikon > > I must admit that I had never heard about Galen Rowell till today > and having just visited his website I don't see any real reason to > get worked up about him. He's clearly been to some really cool places, > but none of the photos that I saw on the website were really aesthetically > exceptional. Yah the colours are vivid and the locations are superb > but so what? There was little interpretation of the scene, Rowell just > happens to take a snapshot of a really nice place. Pretty photos yes, > but no more than that. > > I could care less if he used a Leica or a Nikon or a Voigtlander. > > Jonathan Lee