Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I once (in Zurich, I think) saw an entire photo exhibition of images shot from a moving car. Not bad at all. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Now that I've moved to the suburbs after 35 years in NYC I'm discovering a > new genre (for me): car photography. I really enjoy it. It's totally > dangerous of course but i try to be smart, you know, within the boundaries > of being stupid. I miss having streets on which to do street photography. > > Here are some car images though: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/car+photography/ > > > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I sense that there are fewer fans of street photography, but I cannot say >> why. The Street Photography forum seemed to go from B&W film to color >> digital about 7-8 years ago (when digital became completely usable), and >> the >> division between street photography and other genres seems to have become >> fuzzy as a result. Lluis's photos seem to still be squarely in the genre >> of >> street photography. And I see less of this every day. Some of the street >> photography adherents on the LUG seem to have drifted away, and some have >> died. Steve LeHuray really lived and breathed street photography with a >> Leica M that made Garry Winogrand's M4 seem "minty" (ebay term) by >> comparison. Maybe the SPers are a dying breed. After last week's heated >> discussion of about 100 posts on SP, I hope nobody was scared off. >> >> I want to get back into Lluis mode soon. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >>> Is street photography dying? I just returned from a major NY area photo >> show >>> in a community rife with advertising, commercial and TV photographers. >> There >>> were 60 exhibitors, many of them successful photo professionals. Only one >>> offered what could be called a street photo. There were just three >> pictures >>> of people, one in the street photo and the other two reasonably formal >>> portraits. The rest were carefully arranged landscapes, flowers, and >> travel >>> scenes with studied attention to the rules of composition. There was >> little >>> spontaneity and no apparent joy. It looked like the final exam in a photo >>> school composition class. Everyone was trying to be an ARTIST. How boring >>> compared to the LUG. Fortunately the wine and cheese were good. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >