Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi B.D., Where is the problem? IMHO a book of new pictures is much more interesting than a compilation of old pictures. For the 200th anniversary of the French revolution, if I remember well, more than 50 photographers took pictures during one day. Most of these images are excellent and the whole set is fascinating. BTW, Leica gave to each of them a new M6 ;-). > 2. "They" did not gather together and set out > over a period of time to take the photos. Rather, > Steichen gathered at least 30 years worth of > often iconic images from the best photographers > in the world; > 3. One of the reason for the exhibit's - and book's - impact is that so > many of the images were already considered iconic and were already so > familiar to viewers; - --- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com