Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I should have read _all_ the responses before replying to any of them ... but how many of us do that. I understood it as a personal opinion and have no beef with that. Once a picture leaves our darkroom/computer it is going to be subjected to personal opinions and the best we can hope for is that we can evoke the opinions we intended ... if we ever intended anything. Fair enough! Daniel On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, John Collier wrote: > Whether or not it was set up does not matter to me and I would have to > agree with you that I am expressing personal opinions: no argument here > either. > > John Collier > > On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 11:17 AM, bdcolen wrote: > > > How do we know that's what Smith's picture is, John? What do we really > > know about it other than, like not a little of Smith's work, it was set > > up? > > > > BTW - I am NOT trying to start an argument here - just ask a question, > > as you make a statement about the purpose of the photo, but then give > > what you acknowledge to be a personal observation about what it > > implies.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > On Behalf Of John Collier > > > > I find the work well realized but sentimental and romantic. Whether > > that is good or bad or indifferent depends on your viewpoint. Smith's > > picture has neither of those attributes. The Walk to Paradise Garden is > > a desperate longing for sanity and normality after the horrors of war. > > To me it seems to imply that the photographer can never follow his > > children, never return to innocence and peace. > > > > http://www.pathfinder.com/photo/gallery/arts/smith/cap01.htm > > > > On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 10:33 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > >> I liked the little girl going up the hill/steps in the woods. Reminds > >> one > >> of the W.E. Smith picture of his two children. > > -- > 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