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Subject: [Leica] HCB Article in NY Times
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu Jan 26 18:33:34 2006
References: <BFFEAB0A.B789%bdcolen@comcast.net>

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
>>>
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