Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., I asked, somewhat rhetorically, because as a log-time admirer of both, I find many similarities between them. I find W.E.'s images to show "the desperation of the times." I also think that, like Evans, W.E. is documenting a way of life that will soon be gone forever. You really do need to see some more of Eggleston's photos, live and in person. I will now resign from a thread that I've found entertaining, thoughtful, frustrating, and funny. Tim >Evans produced many powerful, evocative, beautifully composed, exposed, and >printed images that captured a time, place, and, even more important for me, >feeling of the desperation of the times. > >Eggleston's images look like color snapshots of what ever he happens to pass >by.