Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It depends on the quality of the "random shooting." I'm not a "fan" of what is called "street photography," and think that a great deal of banal snapshots are passed off as significant because they happen to be snapped in public places. On the other hand, there as been some pretty amazing "street photography" done over the years. 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: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:57 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Vs: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html