Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Robert Adams
From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 17:31:41 -0500
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGEEMIDHAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

Yes, I agree except that some photographer's ubiquitousness is hard to get
by. For me Ansel Adams, HCB, Doisneau (of course)... Again for me, it might
be cured by seeing some Adams in real life, rather than on calendars in
Borders. But I would find Eggleston very inspiring in a date book.
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From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Robert Adams


> > Doesn't he remind you a little of Richard Misrach, especially
> > Desert Cantos?
> >
>
> It's all down to the eye of the beholder as usual, I much prefer Robert to
> Ansel, along with Eggleston, Sternfeld, Meyerowitz (to some extent),
> Basilico, Killip, Geoffrey James and Martin Parr, Walker Evans, Atget
>
> It almost seems like an either or thing - people either like the above (or
> similar) or  they like Ansel, HCB, Weston (actually, a crossover), Haas,
> Gene Smith or Salgado
>
> tim
>
>
> PS It should probably be Misrach reminds you of Adams, as he is something
of
> the second generation of New Topographics style photographers
>
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