Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dame Brown is indeed a sublimely talented portraitist. On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 8:53 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Thanks, I will check out the book. > > For portraiture, may I suggest two photographers I am very fond of: > > Gregory Heisler, whose "50 Portraits" is a must have in every library: > > https://gregoryheisler.com/ > > Dame Jane Bown, IMHO, the best portrait photographer ever. Just natural > light, an OM1 and a 50mm lens through her 60+ year career with The > Observer. Any of her books is a treat, but "Exposures", IMHO, is > definitive: > > http://theimageworks.com/pub/nn034/bown/index.html > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 1:50 AM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > After reading about this exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art I was > > interested enough to purchase the book. > > > > Now I really want to see the exhibit. Cleveland is a bit out of the way > > but I may find a way to make it happen. > > > > The book has been inspiring for me. It lead to the basketball player > > images for instance. It sits next to my chair in the family room where I > > can pick it up and peruse (and even look at) the images. Sometimes you > get > > to see a sheet and then the image the artist chose. Other times you just > > see the sheet and get to make your own judgements. Sometimes the > > photographer captures the subject but other times maybe not? > > > > I recommend it. And if anyone does go to Cleveland to see the exhibit > > please report back! > > > > Adam Bridge > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >