Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] New takes on old subjects
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:34:21 -0400
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That is certainly part of it. Doesn't mean the challenge is not "worthy" ;-)

Alastair
> 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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