Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. How was the workshop ? As much details as you can spare please. Thank you. - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:45 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Divided by a common language. > > > For those who care... > > Eugene Richards has a new book coming out in about three weeks....it's > called Walking Through The Ashes and it's a collection of black and white > stuff related to 9/11. If, like me, you've had it up to where ever with 9/11 > photography, just wait until you see this book. It's unlike anything else > I've seen on or about the subject. > > B. D. > Back from Maine > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike > Durling > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:25 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Divided by a common language. > > > The classic Kodak primer on photography was always called "How To Make > Good Pictures". I think recent editions are "How to Take Good > Pictures". Of course like everything else, the old ones are better ;>) > > I always think of photos as "made" or "found". The former being > studio-type pictures, while the latter are more like street photos or > nature pics. > > Mike D > > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > i think that even in america, the more common usage is to "take" a > > photograph. i think ansel adams might have been the one who popularized > > the "make a photograph" phrase, hence those serious students of > > photography such as might be found on the LUG would affect the same > > jargon. "make" implies more a creativity process and less aggression > > than "take." > > > > -rei > > > > > >>From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> > >> > >>I've discovered something since I've been subscribed to the LUG. > Americans > >>"make" photographs while the British "take" them. There's something > >>fundamental about this but I'm not sure what. > >> > >>Just an observation. > >> > >>Neil > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html