Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:35 AM 3/21/00 -0500, Rob Schneider-Laura Tully wrote: >As I recall, Frank is Swiss and his "American" photography was not much >appreciated (reviled, in fact) by Americans when it first appeared. "The >Americans" was first published in France as (appropriately enough) "Les >Americains." It drifted to our shores later, to be greeted with derision >and raspberries. Happens a lot to "furriners." Frank is, these days, an American "taste," which is what I should have said. >I think Mike J. was/is on the right track. More than a few local >contributors seem to love Leicas but have little regard for photography. Go >figure. And if you follow the threads you'll realize that Bernard is one of >our dearest and most consistent trollers. Regardless of Bernard, who I am not familiar with, I stick to my original premise. There is no "golden list" of photographers that must be loved to love photography. I agree that many people love their cameras far more than photography, but that is irrelevant of specific artists. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/