Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Any thoughts on the ability of Joni Mitchell's painting? Not a trick or loaded question, she's a famous Canadian well known for touting her art on her record covers too. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Ted Grant [SMTP:tedgrant@home.com] Sent: 20 September 2000 21:10 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Bryan Adams the singer uses a Leica "Peter A. Klein" wrote: > > On the subject of celebrities who photograph: SNIP > > Anyway, let's not diss all famous people who take photographs just > because some are bad photographers. Sometimes talent in one art form > translates to similar talent in another. And as Ted has observed, > sometimes it doesn't! And of course, being famous gives one > opportunities that the rest of us don't have, and that isn't fair. But > if the work is good, it's good.<<<<<<<<< Hi Peter, I don't have any qualms with celeb photographers who produce good pictures then publish in books. To have the talent to act, entertain and be a good photographer all at the same time is a gift! My "bitch" is with the lousy work in the book, "Made in Canada" which given the title and the quality of the publication, it sure as hell doesn't say much for the ability of Canadian's to "make quality." Bryan Adams reason for being involved were quite honourable, no question. But he just up and blew it by playing with too many types of cameras which he had no talent nor experience in using. However, the celeb must do his thing, besides people know him as a guitar plucker and not a talented photographer. And in doing so made a lousy book, which if it were done all with his Leica as he claims to admire, the end results might have been of a much higher quality. I'm sure there were some folks during the designing near puking while trying to make a sows ear look like it wasn't just a sow's ear! ted Victoria, Canada http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant