Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't pick up on the 'not registered' thing at all. Not sure why this is a problem. I think that the piece did just what a good photo story is supposed to--tell a story of some kind. It had a point of view. It imparted some understanding of what somebody running the Boston Marathon goes through as a runner, illustrating the stages of the process and the feelings and physical states of the runners. It looked around to observe a few of the unique stories taking place around it. None of the photos were necessarily prize-winners, but combined with the text and the structure of the image sequence, the story is both clear and personal, which is enough to make it fairly compelling to me. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Adam Bridge > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:46 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Runner's eye view of the Boston Marathon > > > On Saturday, May 8, 2004 B. D. Colen thoughtfully wrote: > >> So one of my students, who had already done most of the work on a >> project on a little airport outside Boston, decided that she was going >> to make her real project a look at the Boston Marathon from a runner's >> point of view - which is to say she ran the entire thing with an >> Olympus C5050 in hand. >> >> Like a number of the students, she was new to photography when the >> semester began, and she was given cropping advice on a number of the >> images. But that said - I think what she did is pretty terrific... >> http://web.mit.edu/jumpbean/www/marathon/index.htm >> >> B. D. > > Not being a runner-dude I found it pretty, well, okay - runner people. > It happened to be the Boston Marathon on a relatively hot day (I > gather.) > > But I gained nothing. I mean "why do I do this" in the middle of the > race/run. And then I learn - gee - not an entered runner. > > I don't get it. I don't get why it's good because beyond carrying a > camera for so far to take the pictures (which is sorta heroic) they > don't talk to me at all. It seems empty. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >