Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK...the comparison to leonardo was unfair, but how about those turn of the century (19th, not 20th) photographs taken of what later became Yellowstone Nation Park (and/or was it Yosemite?). These photographs on the surface were merely pretty landscapes, but had a very important impact on the people who set aside these tracts of land as protected wilderness areas. Many future generations are benefiting from these photographs. I believe that Saint Ansel's impact is similar. Dan C. At 04:52 PM 26-06-00 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >No, not at all...pissed off, that is....What I'm talking about is long term >value and meaning...Forgive me, but I can't think of a photograph that, as >art, is in the same anything with the work of Leonardo....I guess the bottom >line is that I see the universal value of photography lying in its ability >to tell us, and future generations, something about ourselves.... [snip] >