Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Measured by their ability to move me, and to depict accurately a situation with which I am very familiar, I would put B.D.'s subway shots up there with the very best. Dick >May be, but I am serious. As you know, I am on a >photojounalist/photodocumentor kick. I got a few of the books you >recommended (both Eugenes are so damned good!) and in fact, I just >picked up Natchway's Inferno and Richards' Stepping Through the >Ashes. I grew up in NY when I first moved to this country and all my >family is still in NYC/NJ area. Richards' Stepping is the best book >I have seen because of his emphasis on the people. I wish I can do >things like that. I muck around with 777 developer to get that tonal >range (and yes it's great), UT2 inkset of various paper (and you >gotta see UT2 ink on Museo Silver Rag, wow!), but it's like I am >just whiling away taking pictures of *safe* subjects rather than >images that really mean something. I don't know. > >Note to others: I am not saying B.D. is as good as Smith, Richards, >Natchway, etc. I am not saying anything in that department :-) May >be he is or may be his not. > >At 01:49 PM 8/1/2006, B. D. Colen wrote: > >>You are, as a number of our friends would tell you, far, far too kind. >> >> >>On 8/1/06 3:54 PM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: >> >>> Damn.... When I grow up, I want to take photographs like yours... >>> >>> At 04:33 AM 8/1/2006, you wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, it's sponsored - but what the hell - it's good exposure...And I >>>> was >>>> interviewed by the writer and didn't have any prior 'approval' or >>>> editing >>>> rights...;-) >>>> >>>> >>>>http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/cp/olympus/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_cont >>>> ent_id=1002875985 > >// 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 -- Regards, Dick