Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I totally agree with you Mark. I see him as a Photographer, Artist and Craftsman of the highest caliber. I have one or two of his books and studied his techniques; as young lad. No put-down from me. He has a place in history. My comments regarding his use of pencils on negatives was made with reverence. Anyone who has done transparency or negative retouching (and I have) must take our hats off to him. He worked with a sense of art history more than a sense of photo history. And we're seeing a resurgence of people working with cameras who seem to be far more interested in the art of the matter than where they may fit into the historical "photographic" discipline. As usual, much crap comes from experimentation, yet a significant amount the new work has merit, a place in both the art and photographic history books to come. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > "n 1924 he married Courtney Crawford, a librarian, and moved into > her home > on Hollywood Blvd. This is also the address of his studio that he > maintained > in Hollywood from 1925-1931.(9) In 1926 he worked for Cecil B. > DeMille on > the King of Kings, shooting all the stills with a small format > (3-1/4" x > 4-1/4") camera during filming (this is purported to be a first, > since most > still work was done using a large format camera posing the actors > after > filming had ceased). Also, during this time (1925-1931) he began to > enter > and show in photographic salons both here and abroad. His work was > published > in Photograms of the Year, American Annual of Photography, Vanity > Fair, the > Los Angeles Times, and others." > http://www.thescreamonline.com/photo/photo06-01/mortensen/ > commandtolook1.htm > l > > He was a photographer. > Might have used a pencil a lot for a lot of stuff. > But he was a photographer. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3@mac.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:21:04 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Worst Photograph Ever Made? >> >> Actually, they're 'drawings' >> ;~) >> William Mortensen was a master with a pencil on the negative. >> Doubt anyone ever did it more or better. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist