Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Dave- It is one of my all-time favorite photo books - filled with astounding images. You can't look through that collection and not come away in awe of Smith's ability to SEE, and then to get what he saw on film...There are some many images there of everyday situations and scenes that I'm sure all of us have walked right by and missed. Really incredible. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of David Mason Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 4:05 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Eugene Smiths problems at life "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> writes: > The best example of all the idiosyncrasies you site is the Pittsburgh > project - hired to shoot 100 photos in three weeks, he moved to Pittsburgh > with thousands of his phono records, and settled in for a year to shoot > 17,000 images...and never lived to see the project, as he envisioned it, > published or displayed anywhere..... > > But damn, those were amazing photos! :-) Agreed! what a great body of work. I was fortunate enough to see the ICP exhibit of the Pittsburgh photos and saw a bit of his "idiosyncrasies" in the mock-up layouts he made for the project but later refused to publish. There is a great book called "Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project" Edited by Sam Stephenson which I really enjoyed. I am rather biased toward it as I am a part-time student at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies which published the book. Still, I think it is worthwhile for those who are interested. Its listed somewhere in this site: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/books/index.html Cheers, Dave - -- 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