Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/09

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Subject: [Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?)
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:19:56 -0500
References: <4E921580.2090800@threshinc.com>

Who is Bryan Formhals?  I think there is a clue to the link for novels 
that are harmful for aspiring writers - Blood Meridian, On the Road, 
etc.  Sounds like someone who is under extreme pressure to publish.

Ken

On 10/9/2011 4:43 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> I came upon this today:
> <http://portable.tv/loves/post/photographers-you-should-ignore/>
> (a couple of the example photos are not work-safe)
>
> Thoughts:
> While there is a kernel of truth to each item, the whole piece comes 
> off as very cynical and snarky. It does point out how many photographs 
> today are mostly about the technique used or the cool-school-du-jour 
> that they adhere to. And how now that everybody can take technically 
> passable photos, an incredible amount of garbage is generated, which 
> can bury the good stuff by its sheer volume.
>
> And yet, beauty is still beauty, pathos is still pathos, and insight 
> is still insight.
>
> --Peter
>
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Replies: Reply from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?))
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