Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed. The keyword is random versus thoughtful. 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 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. >>>-- > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html