RE: [Leica] going beyond family photography

["Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>]

B.D.,

I ALWAYS prefer loud and rude over sarcastic and condescending! I never have
to come back with "so, just what are you trying to say....?"

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:02 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] going beyond family photography
>
>
> Come on, Steve, you of all people know what I'm saying - even if
> I have said
> it in a loud rude manner..;-)
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] going beyond family photography
>
>
> Geeze,  Louise ....BD....it's always with  hesitation that I announce my
> PAW... now I'm putting on my flak jacket,  man.
>
> Steve
>
> > Eric - Keep doing what you are doing! This "serious
> photography" thing is
> > such total and utter crap I don't know where to begin in trying to deal
> with
> > it.
> >
> > Why is taking a shot of a nude "serious photography," when shooting a
> mother
> > and child isn't? Why is taking a bunch of mediocre tourist photos of a
> > European city "serious photography" when doing good photography of your
> > family isn't?"
> >
> > I'll make a lot more enemies than I probably already have on this list
> and
> > say that the vast majority of what is taken and posted here is
> incredibly
> > mediocre, run of the mill snap shots that everyone either ooooos and
> aaaaahs
> > over, or, as has more recently been the case, plays art critic
> with - and
> > I'm not making an claims to seriousness or greatness myself, believe me!
> But
> > there is this really sad belief that if one goes out and takes a
> basically
> > crappy photo of a bum in the street, but uses a Leica, it's a "serious
> > photograph." Or if one takes an utterly vapid shot of two people talking
> in
> > a public place, it's meaningful "street photography." Sorry guys, it's
> not.
> > It's a crappy, derivative, photo of a bum that happened to have been
> taken
> > with a an overpriced camera. Or a dull, meaningless photo that
> happens to
> > show two people talking, but makes absolutely no statement, conveys no
> idea,
> > says nothing.
> >
> > Serious photography is photography by a person with reasonably good
> > photographic skills who is serious about what he or she is doing.
> >
> > B. D.
> >
> > (heading for the bomb shelter.)
>
>
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