Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour asked: >>what will the future hold?<< To keep this on topic, future and our pictures, negatives or digital I'd like to say we finally have the premier broadcast date on BRAVO TV for the documentary film about this old fart who's career spans over a half century. :-) Who's basic life work is now housed in the vaults of the National Archives of Canada. It's in the film to see. So mark your calendars, those who have cable or satellite dish it's, March 4th 8 PM EST. adjust to your local time. The title, "Ted Grant. The Art of Observation." Now back on topic "what happens to our pictures in the after life and who cares?" My recommendation? Be a ruthless editor without ego! Not every exposure is to die for, dump the "crap" we've shot and keep only those with some reasonable historical value. The more you keep the bigger the file, particularly if you don't edit severely! Then hoping someone in the family may look after what we've done when we're playing "angel shooter in the clouds." Or location of your choice. ;-) And the people of the future, a hundred or more years, are they going to be holding their breathe to see our happy snaps. Like, get over it! Sure a guy like Capa and other notables published world wide during the great days of magazine reportage is seen as "historical photography" for a number of reasons. The times of turmoil and world development, but most of all the magazines every week had bold photo layouts we could hold in hand for as long as we wanted looking at pictures. That kind of material is collectable and that's why we know the names of the greats of the past. Quickly without thinking, name three notable photojournalists of today with the same international reputation as Capa, Smith and Eisenstaedt. Not likely you can quickly, as we don't have the magazines we did back in the good old days of appreciating a photograph for a period of time. Unlike today it flashes on the TV screen and it's gone. Or if in a magazine it's lost amongst the whores of Hollywood and other so called celebs! Sorry getting off track. But these days whether you shoot digital or film the bottom line is, do you really believe anyone a hundred years from now are going to give a rats ass about whether your pictures are there or not? ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:07 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] On Both Sides On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > And further - each can be archived, sensibly or not. > The life expectancy of film, paper, and / or digital information > depends on the intelligence and interest of the archivist; and / or > their heirs; dependent on air quality, light intensity, time and > temperature; they will all affect film, paper, cd's, dvd's, hard > drives, etc. > Ultimately, those handling the material, over time, need to have > real interest in preserving it. > > Do you film folks know what your great grand children will think of > your collection of tri-x? can you imagine, if we were just finding 3 old suitcases full of Capa's CD's... ? Steve > > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:36 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > >> Do we need another film-vs.-digital thread? Each has its merits, >> drawbacks, fans and detractors, and either medium is as real as the >> users >> choose to make it. > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.16/1251 - Release Date: 1/30/2008 9:29 AM