Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Again, it was not a curve ball or a trick question (what was the trick?), and I do like these guys. If you feel I'm giving you a homework assignment ... then don't do it. Steve had a good idea and posted his examples in the LUG gallery. I think that's a great idea and it would be a terrific resource if we continued it (I wonder about copyright issues, however). What's wrong with showing others your favorites among the photogs you like? I do it at every opportunity when I go gallery hopping with friends. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Well Lew you're asking us to show us our favorite shots from this category. > It turns out to be a trick question as you don't even like these guys. ?So > I > ask you to give us examples from of shots from guys you DO like. > You're not just asking trick questions you're asking ?for use to go dig up > examples. > I think you'll find the best way to get a thread going on the lug is to > actually say something. And then we respond to it. > We don't always respond so well to homework assignments. Especially when we > find out it was a curveball to begin with. > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:35:30 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Roni >> >> I don't understand, Mark. How would that answer my questions about why >> the Doisneau group is liked so much? Also, I never said I don't like >> them, I do. I just think HCB and others are better. >> >> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >>> Why don't you show us some url's of some stuff you DO like then.!??! >>> >>> - - from my iRabs. >>> Mark Rabiner >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:56:20 -0400 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Ronis >>>> >>>> I actually wouldn't pick this group as my favorite or even the best >>>> French photogs. I'm interested in what the posters see in them, >>>> especially since their aesthetic seems available for >>>> assimilation/emulation whereas other photog's (HCB, Brassai) don't. >>>> Curious, no? >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at >>>> rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>>>> Sound great Lew you start! >>>>> >>>>> - - from my iRabs. >>>>> Mark Rabiner >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:24:26 -0400 >>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis >>>>>> >>>>>> Mindful that I'm opening a can of worms and the kind of discussion >>>>>> that I don't often see in this forum, would the various posters be up >>>>>> to the task of identifying (links appreciated) their favorite images >>>>>> by Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis? I ask for several reasons, but the >>>>>> most important seems to be a world view shared by their images and the >>>>>> LUG members who like them, namely that life, if caught at the right >>>>>> moment, is carefree, happy and soulful, and that the common man, and, >>>>>> indeed all men, caught at the right moment has beauty, nobility, and >>>>>> innocence. I call this entrenched optimism, Ted uses the words "people >>>>>> in real life on the street" and Gerry feels that they capture [sic] >>>>>> "the soul, without [which] we are lost." Doesn't real life entail much >>>>>> more than these images show? Is there something about photography >>>>>> (street and/or Leica photography in particular) that lends itself to >>>>>> portraying life in this way? Finally, is it possible for photography >>>>>> to capture other aspects of the lives of people on the street ... and >>>>>> still be great photography? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Lew S >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -Lew S. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> -Lew S. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- -Lew S.