[Leica] Re: Ansel Adams

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Bob, surely you're talking here about journalistic photography. Not  
an AA strong point.

It's like saying you don't like a Vincent Black Lightening because  
it's not a car.

Cheers, Paul.

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On 22 Dec 2008, at 20:46, Bob W wrote:

> That's not for me to decide - email Elliott Erwitt and ask him to  
> explain
> himself.
>
> However, I do think that subject matter is the first and most  
> important
> aspect of photography; technique is secondary to subject matter. A  
> great
> many fine art photographers appear to think that technique is more  
> important
> than subject, which is one reason why there are so many beautifully  
> printed
> but boring pictures of dried up logs beside lakes, and so few  
> exciting but
> technically bad pictures of the D-Day landings.
>
> Another Magnum photographer, David Hurn, has some interesting  
> things to say
> about the primacy of subject matter in 'On Being a Photographer'.
>
> Bob