Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eye Do!;-) Photojournalism for life-time subscribers to Readers Digest... B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John > Brownlow > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:59 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Eisie > > > on 6/29/00 1:45 PM, Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow at laintal@tin.it wrote: > > >>>> > > Sorry, but with the exception of a handful of images, I think that > > Eisenstadt was, basically, a reasonably talented celebrity > photographer who > > got VERY far on a wonderful personality. Does that make him or his work > > bad? > > <<< > > amen. I could never see him as photojournalist of the century, > except due > > to the way he got around. But then if your career spans 60 > years or so, you > > do. Plus he seems to have been a number one social climber. > > Make that three of us. His photography does nothing whatever for > me. Kind of > photojournalism for people who don't like photojournalism, if you > see what I > mean. > > -- > Deadman > >