Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe this guy may be a she but I am not sure. I seem to remember seeing it in a local MS bookstore. The pictures are haunting. Disfromage@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 08/21/2000 11:40:50 PM, Mark Rabiner writes: > > << check out this guys stuff: > http://www.lenswork.com/sadams03.htm > > Flashbulbs are blinding. > A pop though a mini softbox with a Norman or Lumedyne is barley noticeable > because of the ultrashort duration. I think that is what we are looking at > here > on these shots. >> > > Hi Mark, > > You are basicaly correct. In an interview with Shelby Lee Adams in Lenswork > Magazine, he says that he uses strobe because he is working with 4x5 and his > subjects often select where they will be photographed with no thought given > to the quality or quantity of the light. An interesting point he made was > that he is photographing very hard working people, and he gains a certain > amount of respect when they see him sweating while he wrestles with lights > and cables. He works alone-no assistant. It also helps that he was born in > the same area he is working in. I like his stuff. Check out his book > Apalachian Legacy. > > Richard Wasserman