Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The serious begins with them at the 4th of July Fair....obviously, this is only a few hour slice of time. To have more of an evolving story, she will need to spend much more time with them. My point is that this is a 24-year-old kid in a workshop with no professional experience - and quite frankly, she's doing work that to my eye is certainly superior to the vast majority of what I see every day. On 7/10/05 7:04 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > OK, well framed shots. I can agree with that. And they capture a fluid, > evolving scene? A bunch of guys without shirts hanging out, drinking > beer, smoking, playing a guitar, and a woman who seems to be reading one of > them out. So, what is the evolving story? Who are they? What's > happening? > I don't know. I thought you were claiming something more substantial > for > these pictures. > > >> I'm seeing well framed shots that capture - in most of them - a fluid, >> evolving scene. But we probably see them differently. >> >> >> On 7/10/05 2:53 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> >>> What specifically are the qualities that make these more than random snap >>> shots? What do you mean when you say 'one of these images' and 'one or >>> two >>> like these'? What are you looking at and seeing in them? >>> >>> >>> >>>> But when looked at carefully, they're not at all. One might spend an >>>> afternoon in this situation, as she did, taking random snapshots, and >>>> not >>>> get one of these images. Or, if one was lucky taking random snap shots, >>>> get >>>> one or two like these; she's got at least 20 out of 200- which is a >>>> shockingly high success rate. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/10/05 12:52 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tamer than Clark, but very similar. The amazing thing is they look, >>>>> at >>>>> first glance, like random snapshots. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Or Larry Clark's stuff - She really has an eye. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/10/05 10:30 AM, "bill harting" <vintagebill@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Reminds me of aspects of Frederic Wiseman's amazing film "Belfast". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> bill h >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> >>>>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:35 AM >>>>>>> Subject: [Leica] The great thing about teaching a workshop... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ...is discovering that one of your students has IT... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This work was shot by a 24-year-old woman named Casey Splain; >>>>>>>> remember >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> name: >>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album244 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> B. D. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information