Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. For the same reason that people continue to take pictures on subways, or street shots, or humanitarian shots of the far less fortunate. Every person has their own vision, their own internal sense of what things should be. In a sense, every image has been taken, and in another sense no images have been taken. Of course it could also be one of those little yellow flags saying "Kodak Picture Site" Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/20/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > > Which reminds me...when I was in Bethlehem PA for that steel shoot, we > were > told by one of the guides that If we wanted to, we could meet him early > Sunday a.m. At a particular cemetary on a hill from which Walker Evans had > shot the town below and steel works beyond. Now why would anyone in their > right mind want to do that? Walker Evans did it already. :-) > ___ > Sent with SnapperMail > www.snappermail.com > > ...... Original Message ....... > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:26:52 -0500 Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> > wrote: > "This is such an interesting comment. Through out art history we can > "look back and say (in some cases and if we have some level of skill), > ""I could do that." Unspoken is, "now that I've seen it." Sure we > "could all go spend some time with the peppers at the local produce > "tubs. We could take them back to our studio/home and put them inside > "our collection of funnels and perhaps duplicate (or even improve > "upon) Weston's efforts. But what's the point of any of that? When > "what we really want is to find our own visual voice. > " > "Regards, > "George Lottermoser > "george@imagist.com > " > " > " > "On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > " > "> I'd be willing to bet $100 B.D. could duplicate Ms. Morando's art > "> more effectively than she could his. > " > " > "_______________________________________________ > "Leica Users Group. > "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >