Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe that's the English and/or European way to measure it. Ever notice that Americans shoot 4x5 sheet film while the English shoot 5x4? Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Auction results > And to add further outrage, these art school twits are now identifying our paper > sizes backwards. 8x10 is now 10x8, and 11x14 is now 14x11. What arrogance. When > was the last time any of us picked up a box of 10x8 portriga, gelatin emulsion on > fiber? > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com wrote: > > > >Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:44:52 -0500 (EST) > > >From: slobodan dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Auction results > > > > > >Who's cindy sherman? Is she a photographer or an artist? Is she a bounder from > > the art >world posing as a photographer like hockney, or wegman? Can she do and > > talk >photography, or is she so far evolved as to be removed from such > > banalities? Is her >constrained self absorbed visual style an example of craft > > or is it a secretion of >miseducated art school vomiteria. > > > > > >Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > Slobodan, > > > > you've got this one right! One, or more, of her 'series' was photos of > > 'secretion' and 'vomiteria'. > > > > Jiri > > > > (can't help it-:)) > >