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Subject: [Leica] Homage to W. Eugene Smith
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:06:43 +0200
References: <7B351539-8913-4752-9478-B66838820D2B@gmail.com> <CC0A52FA.29973%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <CAJ4y7gwW5=Eq12Brq9f9oXBPN_LLsm7yy19TN6ABXwiJBWLpCA@mail.gmail.com>

Bob,

Thanks for following and commenting

cheers
Lluis



El 23/06/2012, a las 0:55, Robert Baron escribi?:

> Well said, both of you.
>
> And Colen's daughter too.
>
> --Bob
>
> ==On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:52 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely true, Lluis. I'll stick with my daughter's assessment -
>> Cartier-Bresson hits you in the head, but Smith hits you in the  
>> gut. Smith
>> was documenting the human condition; Cartier-Bresson was - with  
>> obvious
>> exceptions - photographing geometric forms.
>>
>> On 6/22/12 4:44 PM, "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This could be a long discussion, what I really like from Eugene  
>>> Smith
>>> and makes him different and personnal is his warm and human look, he
>>> was able to communicate great sensitivity and human feelings, HCB  
>>> was
>>> different, he was the Master of the moment and geometrical perfect
>>> looks.
>>>
>>> For me it really doesn't matter who is better, this would be the  
>>> same
>>> thing to discuss if Rembrandt is better than Velazquez, or Dali than
>>> Picasso... everyone has his own styke and masterfull beauty
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El 22/06/2012, a las 21:27, B. D. Colen escribi?:
>>>
>>>> Not to start a food fight, but I rate him above HCB.
>>>> Typed with big fingers on tiny keys
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>
>>>> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org
>>>> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:19:29
>>>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Homage to W. Eugene Smith
>>>>
>>>> Wonderful portrait BD, great light and great B&W. I'm also a Eugene
>>>> Smith fan...., who can not be one?
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> Lluis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El 21/06/2012, a las 19:14, B. D. Colen escribi?:
>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bdcolen/PHOTOS/HomagetoWES.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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