Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I share your opinion on weakness, and take it an heretical step further - I think the portraiture is, with a few obvious exceptions, HCB's weakest work. Like a lot of Eisenstadts work, it appears to have more to do with celebrity access than it does photographic genius. On 1/26/06 4:05 PM, "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > When we went to the "portrait" exhibition, I was struck by the overall > casual approach to the images, but as a body of work, I think they are > quite powerful. As individual images some are downright weak (IMHO). > Take the one of Picasso in 67: well to me its just plain out of focus: > not bokeh. > > cheers > On 27/01/2006, at 3:03, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >> The NY Times ran this article on HCB's portraits this morning. You >> may need to log in to read it. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/design/26cart.html >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> Boston MA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information