Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --0-1649760492-956917155=:9501 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dan, As far as I know he used the 28mm a lot. It is interesting how a person's work can inspire such different reactions. You like him; I find much of the work that I have seen contrived and technically inferior. But that's OK, it is the spice of life to have different tastes. On a more positive note, I have similarly spent several hours perusing a Bill Brandt book recently and was absolutely captivated. Nathan Dan Honemann <ddh@home.com> wrote: I just received a copy of the Garry Winogrand book, _The Man in the Crowd_, and spent the better part of the night leafing through the pages. Wow! These are remarkable photos. Photo books often discuss the emulsions but rarely if ever mention the optics used. Does anyone know what lens(es) Garry used to produce these images? Most look wider (to my thoroughly untrained eye) than 35. Dan "Anything and all things are photographable." G.W. - --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. - --0-1649760492-956917155=:9501 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Dan,</P> <P>As far as I know he used the 28mm a lot.</P> <P>It is interesting how a person's work can inspire such different reactions. You like him; I find much of the work that I have seen contrived and technically inferior. But that's OK, it is the spice of life to have different tastes.</P> <P>On a more positive note, I have similarly spent several hours perusing a Bill Brandt book recently and was absolutely captivated.</P> <P>Nathan</P> <P><B><I>Dan Honemann <ddh@home.com></B></I> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just received a copy of the Garry Winogrand book, _The Man in the Crowd_,<BR>and spent the better part of the night leafing through the pages. Wow!<BR>These are remarkable photos.<BR><BR>Photo books often discuss the emulsions but rarely if ever mention the<BR>optics used. Does anyone know what lens(es) Garry used to produce these<BR>images? Most look wider (to my thoroughly untrained eye) than 35.<BR><BR>Dan<BR><BR>"Anything and all things are photographable." G.W.<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with <a href="http://im.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Messenger</a>. - --0-1649760492-956917155=:9501--