Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for the recommendations! Happy Snaps! Adam > On 2020 Feb 26, at 6:52 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