Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think very highly of Jane Bown, She was a local photographer when I lived in Hampshire and produced much great photography. Not all of it portraits. I have to confess an interest though as she photographed my father once for her book "Pillars of The Church", much of which centred around the Church community in the nearby the village of Selborne. Peter On 27/02/2020 02:52, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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 > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig