Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]S Dimitrov wrote: > > I've had the opportunity to see MAB's work over the past 30 odd years, > and I always marvelled at the art world's fawning over him. While there > is a level of competency inherent in his images, they are nowhere near > the level of Weston, and some of the others from that era. > Recently, the Central Library in Los Angeles had both the work of MAB > and EW showing side by side. It did nothing to dispel my perception of > the marked qualitative difference between the two. EW is decidedly a > master photographer, while MAB's work looked like that of a student's, > with sparse moments of brilliance. > HCB's appellation of "artist" being given to a photographer is in itself > laughable, especially when one considers his own agonizing over the > definition of his commercial work. > With all due respect to the memory of MAB, his greatest accomplishment > to me is that of his longevity and not in the quality of his work. > Slobodan Dimitrov > Just to be clear ... I ran that quote because i thought it was interesting. Not because i agreed with it. I strongly agree with what you are saying Slobadan and have for some time. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html