Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is a good photograph. It's just not of the ones I would have thought of as being the best of his work. I don't even ever remember seeing it before. It's mostly darks and shadows with some movement blur. Like I said earlier, it breathes energy, on going energy, rather than a peak moment. Daniel On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Jim Laird wrote: > Maybe he thought it was a great photograph? > > - > Jim Laird > digiratidoc@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Date: 12/12/2003 3:38:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] The fine line between art and pornography > > > > Suddenly I remember "Pictures of the Century". It's a French book that > > documents the 20th century with prime examples. HCB is included of course. > > The shot he chose was one he took in Mexico. It's a shot of two lesbians > > in bed. It's not pornographic. It depicts energy more than anything > > graphical. > > > > What does that mean? I haven't the faintest idea. I just always thought it > > was odd that he chose that shot. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, sam wrote: > > > > > I too decided the topic was an endless pit and dropped it. > > > > > > Sam S > > > > > > > > > > > > Phong wrote: > > > > > > > Anyway, I think I will give up on this topic on the LUG. > > > > I tried a few times to have a meaningful discussion on > > > > how to photographically portray such things as sex, lust, > > > > temptation, desire, etc. in an artistic way, and failed. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > - Phong > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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