Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica spotted in Magazine
From: Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:36:57 -0800

On Thursday, Dec 5, 2002, at 15:02 America/Los_Angeles, Marc Attinasi 
wrote:

> Is there another Ansel Adams who takes photos, or are you guys all on 
> drugs?

Actually, I agree (or, depending upon your viewpoint, I'm on the same 
drugs as the others).  I find Adams photographs exceedingly impressive 
from a technical point of view and I recognize and am very grateful for 
his contributions to photographic education and to the preservation of 
American countryside and nature.  I think the photographic world would 
be much poorer without his contributions.  But the actual photographs 
themselves often leave me thinking, "Ok. Fern."

That said, I must admit that I'm not intimately familiar with his 
photography.  I believe that he also shot portraits, mostly using a 
Hassy, and I'm much more of a "people" kinda guy than I am a "splendour 
of nature" kinda guy.

M.

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