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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Newsletter, 05/22/02; international advertisingcampaign
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 06:30:32 -0700
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Martin Howard wrote:
>>> >Is it just me, or do others think that their eyes might have been more
> >appropriate?

Tina Manley responded:
> I wondered about the emphasis on hands, too.  Here is their quote from
> William Klein:
>
> "Without a good eye no good photographs. But without good hands no photo
at
> all."
> William Klein
>
> I guess he means you must hold the camera steady?  Or just hold the
> camera?  Doesn't make sense to base a whole advertising campaign on
that!<<<<

Like I said... they used personalities, Bryan Adams and the V/P of Forbes...
big deal!!!!  and their hands.... Hell Bryan Adams says he treats his Leica
as he treats his voice. Now that's a great way to be a good solid
photographer and if you've seen his photographs I know he uses his voice far
better than he uses his leica!! The big deal personality crap!

Who cares if they have hands... it's the bloody eyes to see with and without
seeing well I don't care if the shooter can hand hold 6 Leicas at the same
time!

We have an extremely talented photographer shooting for a Vancouver
newspaper who consistently out shoots everybody else and he has one hand and
a stump on the other arm.

I might suggest the Leica program of "hands" goes right down the drain if
they were to look at the work of Arlen as he consistently proves light, eyes
and action are the most important part of picture taking.

I must apologize for my some what rant, but for years Leica have never got
it right about their advertising campaigns, as many on the list know. I'm
always left with the question, " who makes the final decisions and really
what are they trying to sell?"

But then as I tell folks who get all fussed up over the weather..... "Why
get worked up about something you have no control over and can't do anything
about ?  Live with it!"

So I'll move on and do my Leica picture taking thing. ;-) However in this
case I do feel a tad better. ;-)   even if I can't do anything about it. ;-)
ted

Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant


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