Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And, let's be honest about it, trainspotters and model airplane hobbyists - and bottle cap collectors, etc. etc. etc. - aren't making any contribution to their fellow man: Mary Ellen Mark, Sabastio Salgado, Eugene Richards, Donna Feratto (sp?), Susan Meiselas, and Rob Appleby are - or at least documentary photographers are attempting to contribute, using their art to call attention to aspects of the human condition. As I noted in an earlier exchange, the reality is that the contribution is largely ignored, but it is there none the less. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Appleby Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 10:24 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: photojournalism I think you'll find that model airplane hobbyists or trainspotters are just as passionate about their passtime as documentary photographers. Of course, there aren't many museums for that sort of thing. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Jennings" <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: photojournalism > I had a teacher many years ago that hit it on the > head. "If you have a choice between being an artist > and being something else, be something else...an > artist has no choice"...It is not about it being a > hobby, it is about it being a necessity. > > I agree with you B.D., no one that approaches art of > any kind with a passion does it as a "hobby". - -- 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