Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adams' work is everywhere - I'm sick of seeing it. That really has no bearing on it's quality. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Attinasi" <marc@attinasi.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica spotted in Magazine > > Well I guess the LUG is the best place to get the last word on boring. > (So, can we move on to discussing the best bag for my R3 kit now?) > > :-) > > I can see how people might consider his work boring, but I was reacting > to the notion that his work is 'soulless'. That is a notion I fully > reject. > > Really, how can a photograph can have 'soul' at all? It happens in two > ways: 1) the subject's soul is captured visually by the photographer, > or 2) the photographer's soul is captured by their interpretation of > their subject. I've seen Adams photos that work both ways. > > - marc > > On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 06:32 PM, Tim Atherton wrote: > > >> Is there another Ansel Adams who takes photos, or are you guys all on > >> drugs? > > > > no - just the technically perfect but boring one... St. Ansel as he is > > known > > around here > > > > tim > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html