Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, horseshit! I saw the commercial portfolio of one of those same Magnum photographers - I'd be willing to bet - and the word 'hack' immediately sprang to mind. Some people are terrific documentary shooters and 'hacks' when it comes to the commercial work...some people aren't Magnum shooters when it comes to the documentary work, but damn imaginative 'art' photographers. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:10 PM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: [Leica] Kyle is a hack Heck, I had a photographer from _MAGNUM_ tell me I was a hack. While another photographer from Magnum looked at my shots hanging on the wall over a pair of thin spectacles and said "Jesus. Yes, he is." After I realized it was true, I felt much better. Now it's only a question of how much wool I can pull and how quickly. >Along this vein, my favorite is "your a hack." This was direct at me by >one of my photography instructors at Santa Monica City College. This >is before I even had a commercial life. Slobodan Dimitrov > >>From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> >> > >> Ah. I shall always cherish these words from the master: >> >> "Who the hell are you? Get out of my house before I call the police, >> and take your stinking Leica with you. No you may not have an >> autograph. Now Scram." >> - -- 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