Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:00 AM 11/24/99 +0000, you wrote: >Absent the flamethrowing, the current discussion of environmental >portraiture, both in and of itself and also vis-a-vis photojournalism, >is a topic that interests me far more than endless maundering about Ted >Grant's underpants and similar techie asides, never mind tiresome talk >about scotch, beer, watches, _et cet. ad naus._ > >I can see both Dan's and Eric's points. Just for fun, I went to my >library and pulled down some books (snipped) One of the most wonderful books of environmental portraits I have ever seen is a relatively unknown book that I picked up when the Leica Gallery used to announce new books on this list. It is called "Vanni Calanca and his Leica". Wonderful portraits of people in an old Italian town in their homes and businesses. All done with an affectionate eye without being maudlin. Calanca's most used lens is the 35mm with many taken with a 21mm. Even if this work had been done with a Holga it would be worth owning. Color reproduction of his Kodachromes is rich and satisfying. One might normally think of black and white portraits in a study of this nature but in this fellow's work the color becomes part of the tapestry defining his subject. Mike Gardner