Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]W. Eugene Smith was, inarguably brilliant, inarguably incredibly talented and creative, and inarguably quite mad - and substance addicted. If you're interested in Smith you should read Shadow and Substance, Jim Hughes's full-scale biography of Smith, and/or one or both of the two major photobook/biographies, W. Eugene Smith: Let The Truth Be Prejudice, and W. Eugene Smith: Photographs, 1934-1975. Fascinating character, inspiring work, not a poster-child for "responsible adult." But then how many geniuses have been? ;-) 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 kiklaas@iinet.net.au Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:36 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Mr Smith again Is this in reference to Eugene Smith playing loud jazz when in the darkroom? I read somewhere that the last years of his life were lived in poverty, he gave so much, I find that incredibly sad. Karina > hahaha! > > You are playing jazz at top volume after printing for 48 hours non-stop > aren't you Allan? pausing only to write to the LUG... ;-) > > B > > http://www.briandavidstevens.com > > > on 4/30/02 3:59 am, Leica Users digest at > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: > > > Brian David Stevens wrote: > >> I wouldn't read too much about their private lives then! > >> Smith was a lunatic! But would a less-driven man take such pictures? > >> I think not > > > > Do say that to hurt me, Brian? Do you know who difficult it is to be a > > lunatic without genius? > > > > Allan > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html