Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would imagine that everyone of us except Slobodan has taken a few mediocre pictures in her or his career, and "Man and Machine" certainly ranks near the bottom of Cartier-Bresson's public opera, along with "Photoportraits." The depth and range of H.C.-B.'s work is enormous and enormously varied and as a body represents, in my opinion, the greatest achievement of any photographer working in 35 mm. Just my opinion, though. Buzz Hausner On 4/12/06 3:21 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > The local library has a copy of Man and Machine, an early and very > journalistic collection by ( also very mediocre) HCB. Many of his images > could qualify as "feature art" although the majority may be a bit quiet > for the local press. > > Walt > > Buzz Hausner wrote: > >> Depends how one defines "Journalist," B.D. Cartier-Bresson did publish >> his >> work in various journals, including photographic essays in Life Magazine. >> His photographs of Gandhi's assassination and aftermath should certainly >> count as journalism. Was that his principal occupation? No. Was he >> better >> at it than most of us? As they say in Minnesota, "you betcha." >> >> Buzz