Re: [Leica] E******* WAS sherman

[Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com>]

Johnny,

The format used by Sherman and Eggleston makes no
difference whatsoever to me. In fact, I do not even
know or care what equipment they use. I simply find
their work (at least what I have seen of it) devoid of
any artistic or technical merit. In other words, I
have no idea what they are trying to say, and I find
their pictures poorly executed from a technique point
of view. This is in contrast to what I feel about
Mapplethorpe: while I am sometimes repulsed by some of
the content, I greatly admire the technical quality of
his pictures. I have seen them in several exhibitions,
and the richness of the prints is astounding.

Nathan

- --- Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> wrote: >
Apropos a thread on another mailing list, I just
> wondered something about
> Eggleston. Not to start another war, but *clearly*
> some folks (me and Rob
> Appleby and several others on this list) find his
> work riveting wheras
> *clearly* some folks (Jim Brick and others) find
> it....well I won't put
> words in their mouths but it doesn't float their
> boat.
> 
> Here's the question, anyway: how much difference
> does it make that he shoots
> with a 35mm camera (a leica of course)?

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