Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] Magnum's Chris Anderson on Lebanon vs. Robert Capa/Chim Seymour
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Fri Aug 18 17:21:41 2006
References: <44E55D06.4080902@adrenaline.com> <EC27CB90-3F38-41AD-BD59-4379B7ABDD40@mac.com>

Aha!  I didn't know there was a 2nd batch (catching up on
~1K or so messages). 

Scott

Lottermoser George wrote:

> The first batch that Walt pointed to left me with some of the first  
> impressions which you noted. However, the second batch seem to be  
> much stronger in the areas that you're commenting on. I'd assume that  
> these are coming in on a daily basis (as in fast breaking news) and  
> being edited before publishing on the web. With that in mind I'd hold  
> judgement before making comparisons with classic images that have  
> surfaced as cream-of-crop of other notable war photographers.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:
>
>> But still.... Am I the only one who thinks Anderson's pics fall
>> short and just aren't very compelling?  And with subject matter
>> like that, what is his excuse?
>
>
>
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