Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF05C4.807090B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Touch=E9! - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:44 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Decisive Moment translated Perhaps the most vital aspect of "The Decisive Moment" as a concept and = a title is its divine ambiguity. One should remember that Henri Cartier-Bresson was among the very early Surrealists (...and surrealism = is a widely misinterpreted and misunderstood dogma) and was greatly = influenced by the surrealists' dialogues regarding what lay just beyond visible = reality and the reality of the conscious mind. Indeed, there are analogues to "decisive moment" photography in all media-- painting, writing, cinema, = et cetera. Buzz Hausner As I recall from the last time around on this the Surrealists did have = a spin on the idiom as used by HCB. And he new that outsiders would not be in = touch with ins and outs of the whole French surrealists routine. I think he = thought is was funny to be a bit opaque. He's got us all scrambling! Mark Rabiner - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF05C4.807090B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1460.9"> <TITLE>Touch=E9!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Touch=E9!</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Mark Rabiner [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net" = TARGET=3D"_blank">mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:44 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [Leica] Decisive Moment = translated</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Perhaps the most vital aspect of "The Decisive = Moment" as a concept and a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>title is its divine ambiguity. One should = remember that Henri</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cartier-Bresson was among the very early Surrealists = (...and surrealism is a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>widely misinterpreted and misunderstood dogma) and = was greatly influenced by</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the surrealists' dialogues regarding what lay just = beyond visible reality</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and the reality of the conscious mind. Indeed, = there are analogues to</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>"decisive moment" photography in all = media-- painting, writing, cinema, et</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>cetera.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Buzz Hausner</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>As I recall from the last time around on this the = Surrealists did have a spin on</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the idiom as used by HCB. And he new that outsiders = would not be in touch with</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>ins and outs of the whole French surrealists = routine. I think he thought is was</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>funny to be a bit opaque. He's got us all = scrambling!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mark Rabiner</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF05C4.807090B0--