[Leica] Re: Ansel Adams

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."
?Ansel Adams

?There is no point in having sharp images when you've fuzzy ideas.?
?Jean-Luc Godard

On Dec 22, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Bob W wrote:

> That's not for me to decide - email Elliott Erwitt and ask him to  
> explain
> himself.
>
> However, I do think that subject matter is the first and most  
> important
> aspect of photography; technique is secondary to subject matter. A  
> great
> many fine art photographers appear to think that technique is more  
> important
> than subject, which is one reason why there are so many beautifully  
> printed
> but boring pictures of dried up logs beside lakes, and so few  
> exciting but
> technically bad pictures of the D-Day landings.
>
> Another Magnum photographer, David Hurn, has some interesting things  
> to say
> about the primacy of subject matter in 'On Being a Photographer'.
>
> Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On
>> Behalf Of David Rodgers
>> Sent: 22 December 2008 16:22
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams
>>
>> Is good photography really completely unrelated to contrast and
>> exposure?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob W [mailto:leica@web-options.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:51 AM
>> To: 'Leica Users Group'
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams
>>
>> Here's an exception:
>>
>> "Good photography is not about 'Zone Printing' or any other
>> Ansel Adams
>> nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see, or you
>> don't see. The
>> rest
>> is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things.
>> Nothing
>> more." - Elliott Erwitt
>>
>> Bob
>
>
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