Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, George. I agree with our POTUS about the most important issue of our time. I am afraid for our country if we don't do something to solve it now, Tina On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:05 AM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > Only one comment on the B&W Ruby so I'm posting the color one, too. Two > > cameras, two lenses, two films: > > > > B&W: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153623647 > > > > Color: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153633093 > > > > Both M6's, one 35 Summilux with TMax 400, one Noctilux with Fuji Provia > 400. > > > > Comments and criticisms are gratefully accepted. > > I sometimes find it difficult to "comment" on powerfully disturbing > photographs. > This image in particular reminded me of the work I did for "Light on > Poverty in Appalachia." > > <http://imagist.com/photo/images/family_01.jpg> > <http://imagist.com/photo/images/family_01_02.jpg> > > I was also able to gain access to the "private" rooms of fellow human > beings > existing at the unhealthy, absolute bottom of our socio/economic system; > abandoned by the coal mining industry when veins ran thin and strip mining > replaced the miners. > > 40 years after doing that work I still tear up thinking about those > people's conditions. > > Interesting that our POTUS is talking, this week, about income inequality > as the most important issue of time > > In terms of your color vs B&W versions of this photograph > I find the color version garish and quite unnatural; > so I prefer the black and white > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com