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Subject: [Leica] New York Times article on Gerda Taro
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun Sep 23 21:18:00 2007
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Hoppy,
I agree with you there. My judgment was based on the slide show. Assuming
that any preview highlights the best work, I doubt that I would go out of my
way to see her exhibition. YMMV...
I still feel that all this is hype generated by the present owners of the
copyright to her pictures.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 9/24/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Jayanand, I was trying to make the point that judgement of her work based
> on the 8 small pics by her (and 3 of her) linked to the
> article might be difficult. Unless you have seen the exhibition or her
> work otherwise? From the glimpses shown I certainly note some
> of the style from that period also shown by Capa.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New York Times article on Gerda Taro
>
> Hoppy,
> Do not mix up circumstance and tragedy with quality. Sure I feel sorry for
> her, but this is not Larry burrows or David Douglas Duncan. Whoever holds
> the copyright is trying to make you think so...
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On 9/24/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > That's a pretty tough judgement, Jayanand, on a photographer working in
> > war zones and ultimately killed. We only have a tiny
> > selection too, shown as web pics, from the article. I'd certainly be
> > viewing an exhibition, if I had the opportunity. It would also
> > be very interesting to know which of her photographs were published
> under
> > Capa's by-line.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Hoppy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New York Times article on Gerda Taro
> >
> > Personally, I think it is very average, and certainly not iconic, being
> > hailed because of an early death and association with Capa...
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On 9/23/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
> > >
> > > That first one in her slideshow is sheer art.
> > > Thanks for the link,
> > > Philippe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Op 22-sep-07, om 22:17 heeft ISILVERMN@aol.com het volgende
> geschreven:
> > >
> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/arts/design/22taro.html?
> > > > r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&or
> > > > ef=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1190491659-qAQhzlmYq1rOd6dA18vbsg
> > >
>
>
>
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