Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree and I am pleased to see that you look first, form opinions later and keep an open mind. There is no accounting for personal taste of which I am a victim of as well. For some reason I cannot explain I am crazy about the music of Jonathan Richman to the complete mystification of my wonderful wife. While it has not blighted our marriage in way, I do catch giving me squiggly looks now and then. Oh well, it keeps life interesting! John Collier > From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:00:43 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Emperor's new clothes: Cindy Sherman > > However, the point I suppose is that it is great that we all differ on our > views of this stuff. "If everybody looked the same we'd get tired of looking > at each other", to quote Groove Armada of all people. I don't say that Cindy > Sherman isn't a good, or even great photographer. Helmut is certainly good, > Nan I think is probably great. I'm just saying that their work doesn't > engage with my heart in the way that, say, Winogrand's, Adam's, Eggleston > (yes, really), or my current discovery, the truly astounding Boris Mikhailov > does. His 'Unfinished Dissertation' is a revelation. > > You know what, though? It's great to be talking about this stuff, John.