Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nat Geo & Amount of film.
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:00:22 -0800
References: <Pine.SOL.4.44.0204171948490.14236-100000@mspacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

>My feeling is that Nat Geo is the American Football approach to photography.
>Throw enough photographers, film and money at the problem and you'll end up
>with something. You do of course, but it's rarely as memorable as the
>concentrated take of a single mind working on an obsession alone. But of
>course that's not the point of Nat Geo.
>John Brownlow


I agree. It seems that the NG photog's job is to bring home the
photographic bacon, as it were, not make art.

If that's what you're looking for, you ain't going to find it there.

Guy
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In reply to: Message from Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu> (Re: [Leica] Re: Nat Geo & Amount of film.)