Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is indeed slow loading - but worth the wait. But it is definitely a site to convince one its time to go for a DSL connection!;-) B. D. Gerry Walden wrote: >> From what i have seen of this site so far, this is IMHO the very best of > > photojournalism by some of the worlds great living photographers. I > think that the problem is that we are so used to seeing photojournalism > (which is often said to be a dying art form) invading our homes on a > daily basis through the medium of newspapers, TV and the Net. As a > result we become blaise about it and are always looking for the 'new > image'. You only have to compare the standard of this work with the > bland work that was in the average Life magazine to see that progress > has been made. > > The problem I had with the site was the appallingly slow loading speed > of it. > > Gerry > www.gwpics.com > > >> From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] VII >> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:11:34 -0800 >> >> I don't know, but it sure looks like NGO photography to me. >> I've had a number of friends complain that photojournalism is dying. A >> number have bailed out and gone on to more commercial ventures. Which >> make wonder if this isn't a coming ground swell of _concerned >> photographers_ trying to stem the tide of editorial disinterest with >> their whining pollyanna rubric. >> Albeit the work is technically sound, I had to stifle a number of >> mental yawns. >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > 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