[Leica] Arbusing

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On May 18, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> What ever you think emulate means, George.
> Most my friends wanted to emulate or be like or rip off whatever you  
> want to
> call it HCB, Henri Cartier Bresson when we all started out in the  
> mid to
> late 70's. He was our main object of impersonation. Plagiarism.  
> Caricature.
> We were all using 28's and 24's on Nikon SLR's;
> And he had been using 50's not 35's on Leica rangefinders.
>
> Few of our shots looked much like his.
> And we had a misinterpreted idea of how he went about shooting.
>
> When a few of us figured out he was using not wides but a 50 and we  
> did the
> same we did a better job.
>
> And when a few of us figured out the stuff you get from a  
> rangefinder is not
> quite the same as what you get from a SLR and we tried that we came  
> a bit
> closer still.
>
> I have yet to find out what he had for breakfast every morning I  
> have Wheat
> Chex but when I do I'm sure I'll give that a go for at least a  
> month. See if
> I get more keepers.

not sure , maybe cafe au lait and a baguette with butter, Wheat Chex  
sounds pretty  far off the mark Mark...

no wonder your emulation is not emulating,

Steve

> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:31:14 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Arbusing
>>
>> Emulating the photographs
>> is quite different from
>> emulating the photographer.
>>
>> You may not be able to emulate her photos
>> with a super wide 35 full frame digital and no flash
>> but you "may" be off to a good start to emulatte her
>> as in
>> find your own unique subject, format and vision.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>
>
>
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