Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lenswork Magazine
From: "Art Sala" <artsala@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:42:49 -0800
References: <249B3449-F190-11D6-9F76-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

John,

Don't hold your breath!  The Gibson interview is short with nothing new
being said (if you have been reading other Gibson interviews lately).
Imagine, having an interview with Gibson and not ask or engage in some
interesting conversation!  I passed on buying that issue.

Arturo


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lenswork Magazine


> I had been buying Lenswork for several years until I stopped last year.
> While the magazine goes to great lengths to complain about the awful
> state of the art world, it presented the same old style of
> pseudo-spiritualistic photography over and over again. Brooks is always
> asking the same "are we not all so deeply internally driven and
> therefore special" questions which most of the interviewees play along
> with. Occasionally there is a portfolio that is refreshingly different
> but it was getting to be too occasionally. And also occasionally the
> photographer thinks and says plainly that they feel Brooks is talking
> utter nonsense. I am impressed that Brooks runs those interviews.
>
> So I usually check it out and do not buy it if it is another issue of
> the same old same old. The Feb-March issue was a great one but I have
> not bought another since. I will be at the newsstand today and will
> check out the Gibson issue. That sounds interesting.
>
> John Collier
>
> Do not even mention Bill Jay's end notes.
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 09:00 PM, Paul T. Winkfield wrote:
>
> > Lenswork as a magazine is the greatest, I'm amazed it
> > haven't been spoken of more in this group.  If you buy latest copy,
> > #43,
> > Ralph Gibson is interviewed, very funny!
> > He should do Conan's show, and there's a picture story on the la
> > charreada -
> > the Mexican rodeo by David Shaw what's so interesting? he has pics of
> > the
> > lady riders, to this day they ride side-saddle!
>
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