Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 well said (and what of those iconic photographers who regularly sent their film back to publications and agencies without seeing their own work until it appeared in a publication?) The history of photography is filled with every manner of success (and failure); and it's, thankfully, rich with every sort of practitioner including: printmakers, scientists, documentarians, aestheticians, poets, fashionistas, conceptualists, graphic artists, painters, ambulance chasers, portraitists, naturalists, street shooters, generalists and specialists (and in every conceivable combination), who excel within their own interests and delights. Regards, George (from iPad) On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:43, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote: > Mark, I think the validity of your personal opinion here is questionable. > > Her work is what it is. It will, ultimately, go down as serious work > for the period or not. Her motives, techniques, methods, and purpose > for putting images to film may never be fully known. Personally, I don't > care. I look at, evaluate, appreciate (or not) her images for what they > are, not for what I think they should have been had she printed more of > her own work etc.