Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two things here - One, the best work if often that work which seems the simplest - And, two, in regard to the fact that the images of Marshalls which one sees are the selects from what ever number of rolls: That's true of any photographer. And I recall being told - about 40 years ago - by an editor at LIFE, that from LIFE's point of view a photographer was doing well if he or she had a single "keeper" - an image that the photographer really wanted to see printed - from each roll. 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 Rolfe Tessem Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:59 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] David Bailey -- a dissenting voice - --On Monday, March 18, 2002 8:58 PM +0100 Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote: > This is what I feel about e.g. Jim Marshall. > > On the other hand, I would be a happy amateur photographer if I could > achieve the same quality in my own pictures from my own, private > environment. Instead of celebreties I would create photos of my friends, > colleques, with little meaning to the world, but some importance for my > friends and me. The intriguing thing with Jim Marshall is that his work > looks so simple, achieved without a fortune worth of equipment or a > studio. > > Yes, I could do the same with my small bag of Leica gear, if I had a tad > more of talent. Don't forget, you're seeing the selects from 20,000 rolls of Tri-X. There, doesn't that make you feel better ;-). - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- 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