Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, he did have a point with that. But photographing a landscape in the US is a socio/political statement to begin with, Teddy so to that. Flap his side-walk cafe coffee sipping lips all he wants, HCB was no de-Tocqueville! But on the other hand, much of that so-called crisis, was manufactured by colonialism. Of which HCB participated in, profited from, and never formally renounced. S.d. On Nov 1, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > HCB also said (about Ansel Adams) "Now in this moment, this crisis, > with the > world maybe going to pieces--to photograph a *landscape*!" > > > > 2009/11/2 slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> > >> Still, for a one trick pony, HCB held his own quite well. >> I think it's a hallmark of the French to make emotivist comments on >> what >> they know least about. >> (And, yes, I lived, and went to school there.) >> S.d. >> >> >> >> On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: >> >> Henri Cartier-Bresson said that if God intended us to use waist-level >>> finders, He'd have given us eyes in our stomachs. >>> As much as I love HCB's sense of form, I think he failed to >>> understand the >>> fun, excitement and sheerly surreptitious advantages >>> of using the Rollie. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > The new LEICA M9 > Passion for perfect pictures. > http://www.m.leica-camera.com > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information