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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:22:31 +0200

Agreed. The keyword is random versus thoughtful. 
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

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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 17:58
Aihe: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV


>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.
>>>--
>


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