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

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Subject: [Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?)
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:39:33 -0400

Oh I get it! The ten greatest photographers in the world are really
terrible! That's so clever!
Who does the guy like and why?
-- 
Mark R.


> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:56:48 +0530
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?)
> 
> 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 mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?))
In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Photographers you should ignore(?))