Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/06

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Subject: [Leica] Digging
From: bernard.degaute at skynet.be (Bernard Degaute)
Date: Mon Sep 6 23:43:17 2004
 
>It IS as good as Salgado's workers - but it is a very different kind of
>book. While Salgado's images are photographically rich and beautiful,
>they are ultimately about the subjects of those photos, which is very
>much what the documentary tradition is all about. The images in
>"Digging" are - at least to my eye - ultimately about the images, which
>happen to include workers. I believe that in terms of the art of
>photography, "Digging" is a more significant book than "Workers."
>
>B. D.

You give us one more reason to buy the book

Bernard

bernard.degaute@skynet.be
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