Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 15, 2009, at 10:55 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > > I have to agree with Steve on his review of the book 12 Leica > Photographers. A wonderful collection of photographs by some of our > best LUG photographers. A truly inspiring collection. Well done > Geoff ! have to.... ? no ! but still, I'm glad you do, Steve > > > > Cheers, > Gene > > -------------- Original message from Steve Barbour > <kididdoc@cox.net>: -------------- > > >> I would never be so presumptuous as to review Ted Grant's >> images...but >> I do want to say something about them. >> Ted is one of 12 Leica Users in the book, by that title, that just >> appeared. Ted's photo of the Sleeping Cowboy is on the cover, he >> leads >> off the book, and he offers five of his celebrated, famous images. >> >> So this is a short appreciation of Ted's images... by an amateur, who >> is Ted's friend. >> >> The first of Ted's five leica images... Sleeping Cowboy in Bunkhouse/ >> bw, cover and page 7... >> he sleeps, his boots on, under a window with radiant beams of >> daylight >> entering a relatively dark room. The photo is shot across a bunk bed >> toward the cowboy, and a cowboy hat is lying in the foreground, >> right...prominent and illuminated. Other cowboys are seen distantly >> in >> the background, around a table. A great image, tranquil and radiant. >> >> The second image, very famous, is Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of >> Israel/bw...white hair, eyes sharp, serious, intently listening. >> >> The third image, classic and playful, is Prime Minister Pierre Elliot >> Trudeau of Canada/bw, sliding down a banister, like a kid, arms >> outstretched, unusual to say the least for a great political leader. >> >> The fourth image, a classic, is Wild Horses, Alberta , Canada/bw... >> racing across a dark horizon, under a dramatic sky highlighted by >> low,dramatic, fluffy clouds. >> >> The fifth, yet another famous image is Diver, Barcelona Olympics >> 1992/ >> color... the diver, laid out, fully extended, form perfect and >> floating high, is seen isolated, against the buildings of Barcelona >> sprawling on the distant hillside. >> >> Truly great stuff, a hard act to follow for the other 11 >> photographers ...who do their very best to live up to this challenge, >> showing many differing subjects and styles, doing an absolutely >> masterful job... >> >> Altogether, a quite magical collection of great images...by 12 of our >> Leica photographers, edited beautifully by Geoff Hopkinson... >> >> my sincere thoughts....many thanks, >> >> Steve Barbour >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information