Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You got it... all wrong. I am actually for photojournalism type of photography and portraiture - but random shooting of unknown people does not do anything for me. The same goes for random shooting of rocks etc. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 23. huhtikuuta 2002 0:12 Aihe: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV >Go Raimo! People are a huge irrelevant bore...Shoot those rocks! ;-) > >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 Raimo >Korhonen >Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:11 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Vs: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV > > >Well - I do find most of the so called street photography incredibly >sterile and predictable - mere snapshots - but Ansel Adams was an artist. >All the best! >Raimo >Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > >-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >Lähettäjä: Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> >Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us ><leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Päivä: 22. huhtikuuta 2002 20:24 >Aihe: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV > > >>2002-04-22-12:51:02 B. D. Colen: >>> I find myself in the somewhat unusual category of having great >>> admiration for AA as a photo technician and "inventor," and very >>> little regard for him as a "photographer." His development of the >>> Zone System and his abilities as a manipulator of light, in the field >>> and in the darkroom, were great technical achievements. That said, >>> however, I find his photography sterile incredibly predictable. >> >>I'd hazard a guess that the category you describe above may have more >>members than you think; you've done an excellent job of summing up >>my reaction to AA's contributions as well. >>-- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html