Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/5/01 4:42 PM, Paul Chefurka at paul@chefurka.com wrote: > http://www.pbase.com/loonbay7/nepali_portraits&page=all > > I don't know who this gentleman is. I have no idea if these pictures were > taken with a Leica, but if they weren't they could have been. IMO they > exemplify the kind of pics Leicas are best at, and the kind of pictures > many Leica photographers aspire to - direct, friendly, engaged, > sympathetic. Aside from his penchant for taking head and shoulders > portraits with too short a lens... > > Paul > http://www.chefurka.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html I'm on B.D.'s side in this one, not that I'm not on his side much of the time. These pictures are not up to the happy snap standard. If the guy asked me over to watch his slides I hope he has a good supply of good beer. If a Leica was used it was wasted, actually even the Epic might be over kill. I do not find them sympathetic but exploitative of the subjects. However, ice cream makers have been making chocolate and vanilla for years. Happy snaps, Steven Alexander - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html