Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31
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John,
terrific pictures. In contrast to the February contest this shows what, I
believe, the Leica was made for - people photography.
I like nos. 2 and 3. In #2, there are many elements working together, the
befuddled confusion in front of the guy on the right, the table tennis game
without a ball - is it all in the mind? And the table support that has
collapsed on the floor - like the support for their worlds and perhaps the
social support for themselves.
#3 I find is a strong recollection of Sellers recreating Olivier reciting A
Hard Day's Night. The 'madness' of that previous performance is chillingly
recreated here.
And finally I was intrigued by the last photo which seemed to suggest flash
being used as we see a shadow of the hand on the wall (RHS). Though none of
the pix look as if they use flash.
Very strong.
Jem
- -----Original Message-----
From: John Brownlow [SMTP:deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk]
Sent: 30 January 2000 18:11
To: Leica Users digest; LEG; Street Photography
Subject: [Leica] Mental Illness documentary project/Human Traffic/Kites
Sorry to bombard y'all but I've had a busy weekend. I have just put up a
documentary project I did about mental illness, titled MUNSTER ROAD
(honestly, that was the name of the place) and invite you to pay a visit.
For the leicanuts, all of the pictures were shot using a Leica M3 fitted
with the very wonderful and underrated (and cheap) 50s vintage Canon 28/2.8
LTM lens, which has a marvellously gentle softness wide open, rather like
the 35/1.4 Summilux but less extreme.
These pictures actually won some kind of prize, but I honestly can't
remember what. I think maybe it was the annual South Bank Photo competition
or something. I've written a little bit about this project to go with the
pictures.
The URL is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/munsterroad
Also, for those of you who've enjoyed the Human Traffic project, I have put
up another fifty or so pictures (!), and split the site into four
portfolios
for ease of viewing.
The URL for this is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic
Finally, I spent the afternoon on Kite Hill on Hampstead Heath, where a
gale
was blowing and a lot of people were trying unsuccessfully to keep their
feet while flying kites. It was extremely funny, and I was glad I had my
camera with me, even if a tight self-loaded roll snapped in the camera
(ack!), and the dog got irritated with me not throwing her frisbee. Anyway,
I just wondered if anyone else here has had fun photographing folks flying
kites?
Over & out!
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John Brownlow
photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk