Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/12/02 6:35:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, nasmformyzombie@mindspring.com writes: << At last a cogent and penetrating comment on this subject! I was beinnning to wonder about some of the long winded nonesense going around the list trying to "explain" Lange's comment. By George, I think you've got it: "engage" rather than "observe" is as to the point as the point of departure gets---or needs to be. Gary >> I beg to disagree. In that Gibson interview, Gibson was specific how he interpreted Lange's advise (which according to him he figured out years later). Gibson's own words, "It was several years later when I realized what a 'point of departure' really meant. While I never know that the picture is going to be before I start, I do know where to look. It's not how (italics) you photograph, it's really what (italics) you photograph." This would suggest to me the opposite - "Observe" rather than "engage." This makes more sense to me, as a documenter, you observe and record rather than engage and intervene. Jim was right, what you record (meaning the photograph itself) should have a "point of departure" to have meaning. Dante - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html