Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A big amen to that! Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Jan 26, 2006, at 1:36 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > I share your opinion on weakness, and take it an heretical step > further - I > think the portraiture is, with a few obvious exceptions, HCB's > weakest work. > Like a lot of Eisenstadts work, it appears to have more to do with > celebrity > access than it does photographic genius. > > > On 1/26/06 4:05 PM, "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > >> When we went to the "portrait" exhibition, I was struck by the >> overall >> casual approach to the images, but as a body of work, I think they >> are >> quite powerful. As individual images some are downright weak (IMHO). >> Take the one of Picasso in 67: well to me its just plain out of >> focus: >> not bokeh. >> >> cheers >> On 27/01/2006, at 3:03, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >> >>> The NY Times ran this article on HCB's portraits this morning. You >>> may need to log in to read it. >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/design/26cart.html >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> Boston MA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> Alastair >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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