Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was some amazing work on and just after 9/11 -- when editors did count, far more; but also when the "street' presented something important to be seen. My friend Ed Keating, then of the NYTimes, got arrested twice I believe, getting himself into places he wasn't supposed to be. Does anyone on the LUG know Ed? I think and have long thought he is a great photographer. A Leica man. A friend of Rob't Frank too and I think much influenced by him. Not a bad influence. V On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol < lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > George, > > You are right, many events, many shooters on the streets and it is > difficult say something > > Cheers > Lluis > > El 30/03/2010, a las 19:43, George Lottermoser escribi?: > > > For me the "best" street photography goes beyond >> simply photographing anything and everything >> which happens in the streets. >> >> It seems to me that "street photography" >> has become diluted with hundreds of thousands snapshots >> which do not "go beyond." >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Jeffery Smith 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >