Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]G'day lads, I read the mail title and immediately re-acted to "OCCUPIED FRANCE?" Looked at the photo and wondered? Is the sitter having a quiet memory moment of "JUNE 6/1994?" Lt. Ted Grant 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Barry Sent: October-14-16 1:50 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Occupied France - Bench 1, 2, and 3 Thanks Jim. Lonely? Who indeed knows what demons gnaw inside people other than the people themselves. I take photographs of situations that interest me, and I'm sure the camera lies about those situations just as much as it tells the truth. Images just reflect the briefest of surface impressions captured in a millisecond. As Winogrand said "I photograph to see what things look like photographed" and I, like many people I suppose, tend to do the same. Bench pictures with people sitting on them always evoke to me the sense of waiting, of wanting something to happen to remove the immobility of the wait, and the chance to exit the solitary. An older person on a bench generates different feelings in us to a younger one, and I suppose we impute happier possibilities for youth as opposed to old age decrepitly carrying the accumulated baggage of varying experiences. More chance when you're older of singing "Ain't no sunshine when he's/she's gone" silently inside your head. However, in my case when I have a camera with me, I delight in the opportunity to sit, assess the surroundings, and spot opportunities for photographs. That and the opportunity to rest my tortured knees... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Occupied France - Bench 1, 2, and 3 > Nice images, Douglas. > > These people seem to have two things in common; they have a lot of time > on their hands, and they seem lonely. > > Perhaps only us old folks would notice that. :-\ > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 10/14/2016 9:49 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Plenty of benches along the Cote d'Azur.... >> >> Woman on bench in park at Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See Large. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+7+B ench+Woman1.jpg.html >> >> Woman on bench in monastry garden, Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See >> Large. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+8+B ench+Woman2.jpg.html >> >> Man on bench in park at Cimiez, Nice, France. Fuji X100S. See Large. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+9+B ench+Man1.jpg.html >> >> Douglas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus