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Subject: [Leica] Yau Leung: Hong Kong's Henri Cartier Bresson
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:02:26 +0530
References: <CAF8hL-HxSzQe3_uT6n56NU2cUZa919x7kTBKVmVVta_Kdq3d6w@mail.gmail.com> <52FDFC16.5010002@summaventures.com>

Peter,
I agree these give a different perspective of Yau Leung. TFS
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> 
wrote:
> I had never heard of him, and the Telegraph's selection left me quite cold 
> and
> indifferent, it is after all quite a big claim and one which I felt to be
> unsubstantiated. Except perhaps the shot of the parade ground and the one 
> called
> "Naked Humour". The print quality on Guardian site is appalling. Yet even
> desoite the poor reproduction of the parade ground shot, it showed a sense 
> of
> humour and he had obviously seized the "decisive moment".
>
> BUT the article provides a link to the gallery at:
>
> <http://www.picturethiscollection.com/products/Photography/Photographers_Collections/Yau_Leung/page1/>
>
> Buoyed by the parade ground I followed the link and I am now convinced, 
> very
> much so. It really is well worth spending ten or twenty minutes browsing 
> the
> site. Yau Leung really is an unsung hero. Absolutely brilliant.
>
> Peter
>
> On 14/02/2014 00:41, Richard Man wrote:
>> Not sure if he ever got mentioned here, but Ray Tai in HK alerted me to 
>> Yau
>> Leung:
>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/timwong/100072543/yau-leung-was-the-chinese-cartier-bresson-why-isnt-he-better-known/
>>
>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/10/hong-kongs-forg.html
>>
>> I picked up two of his books and they are quite amazing. HCB's Humanist
>> approach + Fan Ho light.
>>
>
> --
>
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig
>
>
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