Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/10

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Subject: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Mon Dec 10 09:10:38 2007
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It would help a great deal if you pointed to a specific example or  
two - rather than lumping together all the extraordinary examples  
we've been pointed to. Which examples do you consider "so dependent  
on technique (bells and whistles, packaging)?

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com
www.imagist.com
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07



On Dec 9, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:

> understandable to me why some "cutting edge" photography is so  
> dependent on technique,
>
> ie "bells and whistles"...
>
> more packaging, the more likely it's hollow...
>
> at the core, empty...
>
> all show....
>
> seems that on the other hand, when you have something really  
> important to say...
>
> you say it directly/simply...
>
> you want it to be easily understood...
>
> no hocus pocus is needed, and only gets in the way...
>
> that's all my friend,


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