Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure. And if you can't tell the difference between a cartier-bresson "snap shot" and what we're talking about here, that's a problem. Whatever happened to common sense. on 12/7/01 11:54 AM, Wang, Albert at Albert.Wang@ibx.com wrote: > Nice Sonny! :) > > I'm just a wacko LDS nonsmoking, nondrinking kinda nice sort of feller > running around Philly with screw mounts and the R4 :) > > by the way, isn't the snapshot considered art photography according to HCB? > > Alfie > > -----Original Message----- > From: SonC (Sonny Carter) [mailto:sonc@sonc.com] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] snapshot definition, (was: a thread that needs to > die) > > > > From: "Steve Barbour" > > re: Snapshot NOUN: 1. A photograph taken with a small hand-held > camera. > >> Hi Son........so if Leicas were the size of their price tag, a photo >> would never be a snapshot...??! Steve > > Hah! I dunno, it all blurs to me. As I posted yesterday, we have a > good deal of so-called "art photography" here that no one ever asks to > see. They are far more interested in the shots of baptisms in the > river, washday at the plantation, and shots of Front Street > Natchitoches. > > Obviously, a dictionary is only a description of the use of the > language, but as I have said several times before, most of my shots > fall into the catagory of snapshots. High end snapshots, I hope; I > don't ever go out intending to shoot art. > > I'm just a Red-neck Cherokee with a couple of Leicas, taking pictures > of the life of my town. > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information > that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. > > If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute > it. Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown and delete the > original message. Thank you for your compliance. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html