Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/21
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Nick
--- David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote:
> Barney
>
> >>I have a question for the group which I will
> disguise as a question to
> you. What does it mean to imitate an artist like
> HCB? How will you know
> that you have succeeded in the endeavor to imitate
> him? <<
>
> IMO, it never hurts to try and imitate someone
> else's style. It's also
> important to branch out in your own style, but
> sometimes one leads to
> the other.
>
> A lot can be learned in the process of imitating, or
> attempting to
> imitate. New ideas are very rare (and often not
> accepted at first). Most
> things considered new or cutting edge are really
> refinements of existing
> idea.
>
> I'm sure there are many people who bought Leica's in
> an attempt to
> imitate HCB. They never succeeded, but in the
> process they learned to
> love Leica cameras, and photography in general.
> That's success.
>
> Even those who failed eventually supplied the used
> market with pristine
> equipment. Those of us who couldn't afford to buy
> new at the time might
> even call that a success. :-)
>
> daveR
>
>
>
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