Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Different purpose, different aesthetic. On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 12:06 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > The Hasselblad image has so much more visual appeal going for it. From > craft(folding the paper) the delicate holding detail of dark tones to the > wonderful body position of the model. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 3:31 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org > >Ffer > wrote: > > > Isn't most architectural and especially documentary architectural > > photography like that? Not Art? > > > > I agree with you in this way: It is not MY idea of art, either. > > > > Yes you are right, the guy shot for some purpose, what we will never > truly > > know as only HE knows why, and some company either sponsored the > shooting ( > > the camera costs in excess of $50K) or paid for the rights to use it in > an > > advertisement. > > > > It is the commercialization of photography. > > > > There is another rather beautiful (IMO) Hasselblad ad that has a Black > > woman framed against a blue wall, using white folded paper as a clothing > > that > > is also quite nice..... > > > > take a look: > > > > > > > https://www.hasselblad.com/inspiration/stories/gavin-goodman-sculptural-headwear-x1d-ii-50c/?utm_source=Hasselblad+End+Users&utm_campaign=8854b4be07-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_25_12_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16f5cb481a-8854b4be07-349941021 > > > > Nathan: What do you think of this commercialization? > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > On 7/7/2021 9:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > I just found the pics somewhat mediocre. I get the idea of > photographing > > empty streets during the lockdown?I did that too?but please do not tell > me > > > that these images are Art. They are marketing material for a company. > > It?s like when I see references to ?Leica photographer? or ?Nikon > > > photographer?. I usually cringe. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, > > Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// > > > <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: > > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, > > I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > >> On 7 Jul 2021, at 20:50, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > May I concur? Been there (Ramblas) many times, and done both, I still dk > > >> what I shot better. But Lluis, mon Ami, sure does rule when people are > > involved :-) Amities Philippe > > >>> Le 7 juil. 2021 ? 20:34, Frank Filippone via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > a ?crit : Accept a different aesthetic? Call it documentary architecture? > > >>> Different purpose? No picture is "better" or "worse" than another. > > Only different. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > >>>> Pics are decent but do not even approach what our Lluis does. > Cheers, > > Nathan > > >>> _______________________________________________ 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com