Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05

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Subject: [Leica] Philip Borges at the Bowers Museum, California
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Wed Jan 5 22:16:11 2005
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNMEOEAPAB.red735i@earthlink.net>
 
I find the use of the color image of the face and hands against the
B&W background artificial and gimmicky.   If these images were all B&W they 
would be very powerful, but the color gimmick undermines their authenticity 
and turns them into a cheap trick.

> Excuse me?  Could you expound upon your statement?
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> On Behalf Of
> Robert Meier
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Philip Borges at the Bowers Museum, California
>
>
>
> That is one very repellent gimick.
>
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Replies: Reply from jorg.willems at pp.inet.fi (Jörg Willems) ([Leica] Philip Borges at the Bowers Museum, California)
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