[Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Douglas Barry offered in response to a Tina poast:
Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick


> It's a technique known as the Winogrand Camber....
> Douglas

> From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The beautiful backs of Limerick
>
> >>I like the photos but the tilts drive me crazy!<<<<< said Tina!

Douglas had posted:
>here's some interesting shots by an Irish American photographer of
>Limerick's deprived areas. Parts of the place (aka Stab City) are not
>pleasant, and dangerous if you happen to be part of one of their drug 
>gangs.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/3y8rw8s<<<<<,

First off Douglas I trust these aren't your exposures?????

Douglas such a pity using this stupid no good tilt nonsense some people 
think make it look "more dramatic" More meaningful? Or whatever dumb ass 
expression excuse for quite simply damn poor taste in camera handling.

In this case absolutely contributes not one iota creativeness, intelligence 
in the photographers camera handling. Quite frankly just plain old fashion 
copying some dumb ass so called "thing because Winogrand did it, therefore 
it must be important." BS big time!

It just makes it into a bunch of "crappy exposures" as I couldn't use the 
term "photograph" they're so bad.
What's worse?

An incredible location, where with one whit of photographic intellegence and 
creative eye, a truly smashing great photo series of documentary power 
ilustrating a terribly depressed area could've been shot!

But Oh no Mr. Tilty Camera shot a bunch of dumb ass exposures in trying to 
copy a dimwit style he once saw in some photo magaizne

enough said!
cheers,
ted