Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] why we photograph?
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Apr 10 04:49:07 2006
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not really, Gene - I never had a desire to do documentary drawing, or 
street drawing. Nor did I ever think, "I really want to draw my kids' 
birthday parties, but because I can't draw, I'll grab a camera - any moron 
can photograph."
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...... Original Message .......
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:23:11 EDT Grduprey@aol.com wrote:
"In a message dated 4/7/2006 7:50:02 AM Central Daylight Time, 
"lists@paulhardycarter.com writes:
"But learning "the basic, technical skills" of drawing increases what 
"you see in the world, and that's what's important in this context, not 
"turning out fabulous drawings
"
"
"First off, I did not say i could not draw, but could not draw worth a 
Damn, 
"and that is why i photograph things.  i think most of us are in this same 
"situation.
"
"Gene
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