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Subject: [Leica] FWI: Vermeer, light, and the camera
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Thu Mar 31 16:37:29 2005
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Kenneth Frazier showed:
Subject: [Leica] FWI: Vermeer, light, and the camera


>I just mentioned, in my reply to Ted, that I had not forgotten Vermeer,
> a reference to a comment by Ted made some time ago.
>
> That triggered my curiosity and I checked out the extensive Vermeer
> website:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5sm97
>
> On this page of the website, in the pop-ups, it is mentioned that some
> scholars have speculated that Vermeer used a "camera obscura" in
> creating the painting of the "Girl with a Pearl Earring," which is a
> classic "statement" of shooting from the shadow side.
>
> Nothing new under the sun!!!<<<<<<<,

Hi Ken,
It maybe there isn't anything new under the sun, but it's surpising how many 
people never see the shadow side of lighting for use in their photography. 
:-(

ted
In reply to: Message from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) ([Leica] FWI: Vermeer, light, and the camera)