Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Steve, you have stated my views very succinctly. I take this PAW from last year as an example, a couple in the Paris metro: http://www.wajsman.com/15.jpg Sure, HCB, Willy Ronis, Brassai and many others have made beautiful images of Parisian couples. But I do not see why that should stop me. For one, my couple is different from their couples--dressed differently, different expressions etc. But more importantly, it is MY image--maybe better, most likely not better than theirs, but MINE. If people take the attitude that everything that has been done before is not worth doing, then no women's portraits should have been painted in the past 450 years, following the Mona Lisa. Nathan Steve LeHuray wrote: > B.D. Colen writes: > > > Allow me to suggest a change of focal point....Isn't the real question here > > 'why are we shooting strangers on the street and in public places? > > > So the question then, might be 'why am I taking this photo?' > > The same question can be asked about landscape, portrait, travel photos, > etc. Everything has pretty much already been done, no matter the genre. > > Despite Hollywood making 500+ feature films every year for the last 100 > years, there are only 7 basic plots. So should we stop making movies?? > > For those who are critical of Street Photography seems pretty narrow minded. > > There is always a new angle, a new way of seeing, for Street Photography or > whatever. > > sl > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html