Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, there's a book of HCB's landscape photos coming out in a few weeks called, iirc, 'Landscapes and Cityscapes'. So today's "Weekend Guardian" (UK newspaper Saturday magazine) has a puff article with a few of his landscapes. It's an interesting article and in it the writer briefly discusses a photo of workers at an Indian nuclear plant by HCB, and wonders what Salgado would do with the same subject. He concludes that Salgado's treatment would be more 'theatrical' than HCB's (which I suppose could also mean more 'dramatic') - he says that's not necessarily a bad thing, of course. HCB is far more detached from his subjects than Salgado is from his. Different photographers, different agendas. - --- Bob mailto:bob@web-options.com "If it's sunny, try f16; if it's not, try f5.6" - --Walker Evans Saturday, August 11, 2001, 2:22:28 PM, you wrote: > Bob Walkden wrote: >> >> Hi Greg, >> > I really don't >> think Berger knew what to say about the photographs. >> >> --- >> >> Bob > Hey, Bob - What can you say about the photographs, as a photographer or > a concerned human being, other than....OH.....MY......GOD.......;-) > And, in line with my stupid "talk amongst your selves" 'better, best' > posting of last week some time... > After watching the show, pouring through my Salgado books, pouring > through my HCB books....Guys, I know this is a big like saying to a > believing Christian that JC isn't the son of God....But I have come to > believe that Salgado is without question a better photographer than > HCB...Yes, HCB was there first...and, yes, without HCB it is doubtful > there would be a Salgado...but in terms of what Salgado can do with a 35 > mm camera and film, both technically and "artistically" - I don't see > any comparison... > And now I'll get back to scanning last weekend's wedding photos...;-) > B. D.