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

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Subject: [Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?)
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:56:48 +0530
References: <4E921580.2090800@threshinc.com>

I found it quite an interesting list, and except for HCB and Robert
Frank, I tend to agree with him!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> 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 mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?))
In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?))