Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why don't you show us some url's of some stuff you DO like then.!??! - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:56:20 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Ronis > > I actually wouldn't pick this group as my favorite or even the best > French photogs. I'm interested in what the posters see in them, > especially since their aesthetic seems available for > assimilation/emulation whereas other photog's (HCB, Brassai) don't. > Curious, no? > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: >> Sound great Lew you start! >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >>> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:24:26 -0400 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis >>> >>> Mindful that I'm opening a can of worms and the kind of discussion >>> that I don't often see in this forum, would the various posters be up >>> to the task of identifying (links appreciated) their favorite images >>> by Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis? I ask for several reasons, but the >>> most important seems to be a world view shared by their images and the >>> LUG members who like them, namely that life, if caught at the right >>> moment, is carefree, happy and soulful, and that the common man, and, >>> indeed all men, caught at the right moment has beauty, nobility, and >>> innocence. I call this entrenched optimism, Ted uses the words "people >>> in real life on the street" and Gerry feels that they capture [sic] >>> "the soul, without [which] we are lost." Doesn't real life entail much >>> more than these images show? Is there something about photography >>> (street and/or Leica photography in particular) that lends itself to >>> portraying life in this way? Finally, is it possible for photography >>> to capture other aspects of the lives of people on the street ... and >>> still be great photography? >>> >>> -Lew S >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > -Lew S. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information