[Leica] Arbus

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I really don't know about this!!!
Arbus had worked for Avedon and other people.
Her husband was a photographer who shot sheet film.
She knew about medium format it was the standard.
I'm looking to see who wrote this thing and cant find it on the site or if
they are quoting Arbus or not.
Because I don't think it would be much about grain.
Its about image richness the fact that your not spreading an image too thin;
And also square format.
And the size of the camera and the authority it brings to a shoot.

This grain thing being a mask I'd like to see where that comes from if its
from Arbus or some guy making stuff up as it sounds like BS to me.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 20:07:41 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Arbus
> 
> At 07:50 PM 5/16/2009, you wrote:
>> Anybody seen Fur??  It's the imaginary biography of Diane Arbus
>> starring Nicole Kidman. Should I look out for an imaginary Leica?
>> 
>> Douglas
> 
> Probably not:
> 
> http://www.greeneone.net/arbus/
> "Diane made another profound change with her camera. Previously, she
> had been using a Leica, which is a 35-millimeter camera. When used
> with the popular films, the pictures often exhibit a significant
> amount of grain. The visual perspective is that the grain slightly
> obscures the image. To Diane, grain was another version of a mask and
> undesirable. So she switched to a rollei medium format camera that
> offered two advantages. The camera provided sharper prints and less
> grain. In following her thread on realty, I believe that Diane wanted
> to remove any barrier that separating the film from the soul of her
> subject. In addition, the camera also had the ergonomic location
> advantage of being held at waist level. So, Diane was able to
> maintain a better connection with her subjects."
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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