Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've seen just about everything AA's ever printed, in vivo. It's really not the best printing I've seen. Then again, I've seen Gene Smith printing. It came no where near what the boys in the LIFE lab could do with his negs. Probably the best printing I've seen to date, has been done by the individuals did the work of Penn and Avedon. I've work prints all marked up for the final print, side by side to the finished print. The level of skill is enough to take one's breath away. S. Dimitrov On Mar 7, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Feli wrote: > Isn't that a little harsh B.D.? AA's work may not be your cup of tea, > but > it's hardly crap. I myself may not be a huge Adams fan, but he was an > extremely talented man. > > feli > > On Mar 7, 2005, at 9:07 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Well, first off - of course there were! >> >> Second, I, too, would like to have a body of work so universally >> revered >> - I would just hope that mine, like that of, say, W. Eugene Smith, >> Robert Capa, Richard Avedon, or Henri Cartier-Bresson was worth being >> revered. (And NO - I am not saying that I am worthy to have even >> carried >> their equipment. ;-) ) >> The sad reality is that far, far, far more people revere the paintings >> of Keene, or of Kincaid, than have even HEARD of the photographers >> I've >> just mentioned. Universal veneration does not quality make.:-) > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography