Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote: ... > Finally, there's a book called "Let Truth Be the Prejudice" that has a very > well written (though in a few spots factually imperfect) 'illustrated bio' > to accompany the very good selection of pictures, as well as a few other > really good essays. > Oh yes, I have that book. BD highly recommends it! > Salgado, I think, is the closest thing we have now to Smith, but Salgado is > manifestly saner and much, much, much better funded. ?He has a large vision > obviously, but Smith had an almost miraculous ability to get right up into > reality's face, inches away, regardless of the conditions. Salgado is > daring > and brave, but Smith was suicidal. > Good summary. I have all of Salgado's books as well :-) (well, except the earliest one or two) -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963