Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep them coming. They are amazing photos... On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Ted, > Glad you enjoyed those photographs. I will post links to the works of some > local photographers from time to time, just to keep the list appraised > about > professional photography in this part of the world. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:44 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Jayanand OFFERED: > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Barcelona in color > > > >> Those were masters of the B&W era, they had to, by and large, make do > >> without colour film. If you have not seen modern Indian masters, let me > >> showcase a couple of homegrown products, both of whom I think can hold > >> their > >> own anywhere. Firstly Raghu Rai, the most famous of the Indian > >> photographers > >> - his best known photographs are of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Mother > Teresa > >> and Calcutta. Though he does take a lot of colour, it is these subjects > >> that > >> stick in the mind, and all three, because of the horror, simplicity and > >> grime respectively, suit B&W very well. Here are his Magnum portfolios: > >> > > > > Hi Jayanand, > > Thank you for pointing out these photographers and books with their > > photography. I recall the Bhopal tragedy but not with as many > photographs > > as seen in the MAGNUM book. > > > > The images in B&W are powerful in your face content! No distracting > colour > > to take the viewer away from the content or soften the impact in some > cases. > > > >> Bhopal Gas Tragedy: > >> > >> > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.StoryDetail_VPage&pid=2TYRYDDG70XJ > >> > > > > Mother Teresa and Kolkata the B&W is once again powerful in your face > > images. Colour would most certainly have taken away some of the picture > > content impact certainly under the circumstances of the situations. These > > are not about the "Colours of India" as we see so often, but the > tragedies > > of India. > > > >> Mother Teresa: > >> > >> > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R1H3PDJ > >> > >> Calcutta (or Kolkata as it is now): > >> > >> > http://www.magnumphotos.com/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R152K1Q > >> > > > > I had one of the toughest moments in my photographic life when a young > > Chernobyl boy died as the camera went click! I couldn't contain myself > and > > cried quite openly as I stepped into the hall of the hospital in St. > > Petersburg while shooting a documentary on the Russian medical profession > > and the human after effects of the Chernobyl disaster! > > > > My accompanying female doctor put her arms around me and held me while I > > stood there bawling. To this day and as I sit here typing tears well in > my > > eyes. It's as moving today as it was in the moment of reality as the > doctor > > looked at me, shook her head gently indicating the boy had died. > > > > However this Indian child, eyes wide open in death is so moving, it too > > shakes one's soul with such great emotion! I can honestly say, "I'm glad > I > > didn't take this one!" Once again colour would distract from this image > > because our eyes would see the colour of her eyes or clothing and dirt. > > These becoming a distraction from the reality that this is a human child. > > > > One of the single most horrifying photographs I have ever seen, it sends > >> goose pimples up my skin even today, I would guess mainly because I grew > >> up > >> in Bhopal in the 1960s and early 1970s: > >> > >> > http://hotparade.tumblr.com/post/3521577334/raghu-rai-burial-of-an-unknown-child-the > >> > > > > Now we have an entirely different photo approach and it truly is about > > colour without question! One would be a fool to even consider using B&W > > under this production while concentrating on the "Colours of India!" > > > >> The other photographer is the late Raghubir Singh, who is a maestro of > >> colour, and fittingly enough, his best book is called "River of Colour", > >> which shows India in all its diversity, and is a natural for the colour > >> medium: > >> > >> http://www.raghubirsingh.com/home_en.php > >> > > > > Cheers > > ted. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]