Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] New takes on old subjects
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:43:49 +0530
References: <AANLkTi==1DyE_UJcz1K8wBbVYeKc6J2hnxoNLym_Jqmf@mail.gmail.com> <C8E7DCF0.567F%mark@rabinergroup.com> <AANLkTimjS2d218X6uV83jE4+JZyPWfizocV8dHgKKcFV@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=e1PgkHToFfGhOdCSGcBgxN2_5gZtFkqGuOVHh@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimUS4K=naRQJVi_2aCqRgApVNQ=BVEpbZ_-6OoC@mail.gmail.com> <7df9b9cd519acc1476b3b248b75f8f1b.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <AANLkTik+OVcQEBsBxRVogEKnex2b298sD20wDycC3hbW@mail.gmail.com> <C44BF5A6-B70F-4FDF-A771-8123706D95E4@mac.com> <AANLkTimA5jj7hzEEVu6FdRNHxuP-AXXKW-7=zN2bUYH8@mail.gmail.com> <4ddcbfca79de83a3b7a15f1790503393.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <5bbd6ebb93452d8220121782a28bfa21.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <AANLkTin8ga+ew+fTgREBHhNO2-+n_DxihwXg3sJJUtMn@mail.gmail.com> <83101da611e027d94e39adc54ffe12a4.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com> <20da20ee3aad8025c5dbb263705b98fe.squirrel@emailmg.globat.com>

That is why I always try to get living creatures (including human beings)
into my photographs. It requires extraordinary imagination to get something
different out of essentially sterile subjects like statues and buildings.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:11 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

> I'm always looking for new ways to photograph the statues in our main
> street here in Ballarat: 2 from last week.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3xceqhh
>
> http://tinyurl.com/35z6ugb
>
> and here are "straight" views of the same
>
> http://tinyurl.com/35otj9x
>
> http://tinyurl.com/39anzwq
>
> I'm always in two minds when taking "art". Usually I feel the photograph
> is not my "work" but rather down to the skill of the artist, and I'm just
> reproducing it, even if I in some slight way am "interpreting" the work.
> I'd be interested in views: Kyle in particular hangs around with artists;
> what do others think of photographing "art".
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair (who is waiting now impatiently for an MRI to be done: what is
> happening at the hospital?)
>
>
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