Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge'
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sat Dec 8 16:19:59 2007

I guess I must also be a grump as these are my precise thought also.

gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>
>
> At 06:42 PM 12/7/2007, you wrote:
> >For what ever it's worth: The edgy I most enjoy and respect:
> >         1 - does not rely on artifice
> >         2 - expresses a genuine soulfulness
> >         3 - causes me to look and/or see in a new way
> >         4 - causes me to think a new thought
> >
> >Regards,
> >George Lottermoser
> 
> Yes, and for me, that's not true of most of the "cutting edge" sites 
> I've seen.  They all seem to either rely on a gimmick or are too 
> artificial.  I guess I'm just an old grouch.  I want a photograph to 
> communicate something to me besides "what the heck is that" or "why 
> did they bother to print that".  Those are the responses I have to 
> the cutting edge sites and all of the local "art" photography 
> exhibits in the Charlotte area.  I think the photos sent in by the 
> LUG members are better than 99% of these cutting edge sites!!  At 
> least they are true and genuine.  Grump :-(
> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley
> ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
> http://www.tinamanley.com 
> 
> 
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