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Subject: Subject: RE: [Leica] I See Dead People & PAW Ketchup
From: DanKPhoto@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:42:18 EDT

B.D., 
Respectfully, why think about why he's shooting the T-shirt?  What will that 
accomplish? Going into a situation with "big ideas" weighs me down and takes 
me away from the best advice I ever got as a photographer (from Chris 
Rauschenberg at Blue Sky Gallery: "Shoot first and ask questions later." [He 
got the advice from John Wayne]).  I'm not saying we shouldn't have anything 
in our heads when we photograph, but I find being open to the moment and 
responsive without censorship or preconceived is more productive and can lead 
to pleasant surprises.  Perhaps this is the Winnogrand approach of 
photographing something to see what it looks like photographed, but I think 
that was good answer to "why do you photograph?" 

<<From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen

Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:52 AM

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Subject: RE: [Leica] I See Dead People & PAW Ketchup



Rather than go back to reshoot the T-shirt, you might want to think about

why you're shooting the t-shirt - other than to document its existence.


B. D.>>
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