Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wimberley's 'Descending Angel' was one of the print titles I noticed this afternoon in the LensWork site, they offer real prints for sale at realistic prices. This picture (I think) was available for $99 but was currently out of availability, though I think a gravure print of it was still possible - at a premium. Lots of other 'bargains', including a 'load of Bullocks' at around the same price... ;-) Snipperoony! regards, Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Martin Howard [SMTP:howard.390@osu.edu] Johnny Deadman jotted down the following: > His best known image 'descending angel' is bizarrely atypical of most of his > work and only became well known because it was used as a book cover. He should take a hint from that: "Descending Angel" is interesting, while the other stuff my eyes just floated over. Zone-system, LF-cliches. I have to look at Angel for a long while: it is water in the background, amazing how the dress and the water seem to flow into each other, the curve of the foot extending... Martin Howard