Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The portraiture is the driving force in this book. Fashion, I have to acknowledge, is an important activity within the human condition. As this book is period driven, it's an important insight on one of the key figures of this era. The composition of the images, and his control of the medium, while dated to some, is pure textbook material. To me, he's always been one of the very best portraitist practising the trade. Granted, his current work is now a very formalized methodology. But, the early work is where the fire in the belly became quite apparent. This book shows that fire. Slobodan Dimitrov Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > I wonder how much of the attraction we feel for Bailey is due to the fact > that he got to photograph some of the icons of the 60s like the Rolling > Stones up close and in person? In other words, would his pictures be > equally interesting if they had to be judged on their merits rather than on > their historical interest? I am not sure myself. I have not seen this > particular book but have seen a lot of his work, particularly in the > British photo mags that continue to hype people like Bailey and Lichfield. > > Nathan > > S Dimitrov wrote: > > > Picked up a great book called "David Bailey--birth of the cool," by > > Martin Harrison. It's at the clearance tables at Hennessey + Ingalls; > > http://www.hennesseyingalls.com/ > > It's a first edition for $29.95. If any of you haven't seen the images > > from this era, this is a feast for the old eye balls. Lot's of 120 work > > with a smattering of 35. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > 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