Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard I started this and I'd not take it personally I'm not aware of it having anything to do with any post you'd make My latest thing on this is this. Yesterday I Wiki'd HCB. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson Look at the first sentence. Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [ka?tje b??s??]; August 22, 1908 ? August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was the master of candid photography and an early user of 35 mm film. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style, and coined the term, The Decisive Moment, that has inspired generations of photographers ever since. Click on " life reportage " its a hyperlink so it takes you to a different page. That different page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography There is no reportage page On that page do a search for "reportage" You won't get jack. And there is no reportage page. Reportage is a term that wedding photographers use now who want to sound hip and French. When I was in school in the early to mid 70's the head of our Media department was a Documentary guy. He did more motion footage than stills but still. We were all steeped in reportage this and reportage that. The word "street" was really never used. I do think it took a few more years to catch on in the late 70's early 80's. I do think the word "street" is vague because its referring to photography done of the human condition and plenty of of that happens indoors: Not on streets. In the forest. In the sky. On top of mountains. So I for one think this abandoning of the word "reportage" or documentary for "street" is a bit arbitrarily inane. Its part of a smug mindset of vagueness which is going on now. To pretend to communicate when the opposite is really going on. Documentary photography and journalism is a thing which goes way back. Why forget about it and turn it into some hip buzzword? On 5/5/15 10:30 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > The side effect of stuff like that is that some people get exposed to > learnin' > , > > Sometimes, it doesn't take. > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > >> On May 5, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >> What is with all these debates about "street photography?" I hope my side >> comment about David's book being one of the best "street photography" >> books >> did not contribute to yet another waste-of-electrons. >> >> Lets not get hung up on names etc. Just do photography :-) >> >>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Which refers to this article from 2001: >>> >>> https://luminous-landscape.com/the-photographer-at-auteur/ >>> >>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Online Photographer" Mike Johnston writing about Street Photographer >>>> Johnny Deadman back in 2005 about some work "a couple years ago" >>>> >>>> http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2005/11/deadman-update.html >>>> >>>> >>>> That ought to give you fodder for another rant. ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> 1714 >>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>>> >>>> USA >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> 1714 >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/