Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting video but too short, and maybe not her best work. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 > On 29 May 2015, at 04:41, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Bob, > Interesting. TFS. > > What struck me is that most of the pictures have no emotional impact for > me, like the girls in the gang on the street, without her narration, as I > am not steeped in the nitty gritties of US culture. Goes against what Kyle > says that one of her tenets was, about not having a caption. I think that > is valid when you have a mono cultural, homogenous viewership for your > work, but once you have a cross cultural audience, a little explanation, > like a caption, is invaluable to create the emotional impact! Of course, > this observation is for the sort of photographs that she took, and > obviously would apply to a much lesser extent for nature/wildlife and that > sort of thing, but even there, giving the frame "a local habitation and a > name" does help in pulling the viewer emotionally into the frame. > > My two bits! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> https://vimeo.com/80793010 >> >> View full screen. It is worth seeing and listening to I think, not so >> much >> because of Leica but because of Mary Ellen Mark. >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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