Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, and I'll go even further. He's probably the greatest war photographer who has ever picked up a camera. Of course, he's not as ground-breaking as Gene Smith or Capa (Steichen was too involved in propaganda), but then he has them for examples, they had no examples of such greatness before they went to war. DDD, Larry Burrows are great, as are many others. (In the end, it's all opinion!) But when I look at his war photos, and the comprehensive nature of his work, he certainly benefits from technology. By that I mean not only cameras, but airlines, communication tech., etc. How else do you cover five major conflicts around the world in one year back when he won his first "Magazine Photographer of the Year" award from POY? And he's done it five more times since then. (Won that award, a record by far). Like technology, awards don't make you a great photographer. They are peripheral to talent. One helps extend skill further, the other is a recognition that it's more than luck. In the end, it's Jim Nachtwey's eye and heart that make the difference. Technology just makes him more productive. On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 12:48 AM, Red Dawn wrote: > To me he is a good example of a photographer who has put modern > automated > camera systems to good use. The work that he has done with his all > singing > all dancing Canon system puts to shame all of us (yes myself included) > who > have at one point or another looked at photographers using automated > cameras > with contempt :) Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "If we had time for more meetings, we would have made more mistakes." Leon Trotsky - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html