Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And didn't happen then either - the creative control. He came and went from LIFE, and spent his life fighting with editors. Except for a selection of images in the Modern Photograph, or was it Pop Photography, annual, the Pittsburgh project didn't see the light of day in his life-time. The bottom line is that the man was a genius, but like many genii appears to have been mad as a hatter - or maybe it was just the booze and amphetamines. On 6/8/06 9:18 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > I unwittingly bought a first printing Minamata book while I was in school. > It is one of those books that drove me into photography. Lost track of it > for quite a few years but then found it in my brothers bookcase. I might > have to visit on some holiday with some room in my bag. Bad printing but > very powerful images. > > One of the sad things is that someone like W. Eugene couldn't happen today. > He took way too many liberites with reality while he created reality. > Besides, he demanded creative control and that isn't going to happen today. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 6/8/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: >> >> I got some of you "old-timers" know this, but I am "new" at this. My, they >> sure don't make photographers the way they used to, do they? Just got the >> Minamata book. Very powerful. Not just a photo essay book but an essay >> book >> that just happens to have some really great photographs. Some >> photographers >> use powerful images and change the world, some, like Smith, use both words >> and images. >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please >> use richard at imagecraft.com) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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