Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan: Have you posted your pictures anywhere? They sound interesting. I would like to see them. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "D Khong" <dkhong@pacific.net.sg> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Book: "SE Asia" by Steve McCurry > Robert Appleby wrote: > >Steve McCurry is one of the very few western photographers who's famous in > >India, deservedly so as he goes there a lot and even used to live there, > >although only a couple of years, I think. > >Unfortunately he's famous for taking nice snaps but not liking Indians! > >(Everyone I've met who knows him says this, of course they could be > >mistaken, and I don't know him personally - nonetheless that's his rep). > >Of course, photographing there is largely a matter of crowd control and you > >miss so many great pictures while trying to organise kids and adults out of > >the way. It can be trying. > > Robert, > > Frankly, Steve's book should have been named "South and SE Asia". That > would have been more accurate. Since you know him, maybe you should give > him my feedfack. India may seem fascinating but IMHO it's already overdone > photographically. > > I spent 4 days in Ho Chi Minh City and was somewhat uninspired but > nevertheless the potential for street photgraphy and people pics is > amazing. Unknown to many, Cambodia is THE country to get beautiful and > emotional photographs. I spent 8 days in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap > (location of the famous Angkor Wat) and I shot roll after roll of HP5+ > until my energy (an nearly all my films) ran out. The tragedy of that > country alone will grab you, then you see the old world beauty, then the > people who are all so willing to smile and pose for you, followed by the > children running around naked and unabashed. Small country, big photography! > > I also like Thailand. Always charming, always full of subjects for > pictures. I have been to that country no less than 6 times in the past 4 > years and each time, I've come home with new stuffs to print in my darkroom. > > If only Steve McCurry could only give himself another really good crack at > SE Asia, his pictures on India will have no place in his book. > > Dan K. > > > > > > > > > >