Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/13
[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 WOW! Nathan. Funny you should use that picture as an example, because last year I was so moved by that 'Look of Love' I had bookmarked it and revisit it occasionally. Excellent street photo. sl > 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