Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] An evening with James Nachtwey
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:05:06 -0400

 BTW, whoever
posted a comment saying that Inferno is too large - I got a look at the
Newton book complete with coffee table - now THAT is a stupid idea.

Julian
- ----- Original Message -----

...It was my comment, Julian...I'm of mixed minds about it...on the one
hand, the photos do have enormous impact so large, and you can't just flip
the pages and not see the images...On the other hand, I wanted to push the
book back, or hang it on a wall so I could step back and see the images from
a greater distance...I'd rather focus on the whole image with my eyes at
once, and not jump from grain to grain..:-)...I think that some times
smaller books and photos can have greater impact than large ones, because
they draw the viewer in, forcing you to really LOOK at the photos...

And as to Newton...That thing is really a sad joke....

B.D.