Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 13:16:26 -0700

Does anyone know where I could get a copy of Other Americas?

trish
ternahan@gentlelens.net


> From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:40:31 -0600
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Salgado
> 
> Wasn't it Salgado who supposedly said if people are smiling, he will wave
> his fist at them while photographing to get rid of the smile..... or was it
> just a LUG rumour?
> 
> The only Salgado book/body of work I really like is Other Americas - and
> while I enjoy looking at his later ones, I find much of it too theatrical or
> operatic in feel - rather like a lot of St. Ansel's landscapes - in fact, I
> find much more similarity between St. Sebastian and St. Ansel than comparing
> with say Nachtwey or HCB or McCullin or whoever.
> 
> Maybe in another 50 years time or so, a very very old Vicky Golberg will
> write an article helping to re-establish Salgado's work...?
> 
> Tim
>