Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erwin Puts" <imxputs@knoware.nl> To: "L U G" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [Leica] Street photography > > My state of mental health has been questioned when I cited that the > Rolleiflex and the Speed Graphlex were good instruments for outstanding > street and documentary photography. > If photographic history is a guide, I may mention Boubat, Doisneau, van der > Elsken as exemplary street photographers with Rolleicord and Rolleiflex, > with a quality of dynamics and available light scenes than many a > contemporary Leica photographer would have put to a challenge. > For larger format photography the history is even longer, spanning from > Lewis Hine (Graphlex) to Walker Evans (4x5 inch) to Weegee (Graphlex), > Berenice Abbott, August Sander, to the Japanese Araki with a 6x7 camera. > I do not deny the excellence of the 35mm format for this type, but my > reference was meant to broaden the perspective. > > Erwin >