Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, I think you have picked up on something critical here - Salgado is not a good "people" photographer unless it is incorporating humans individually or en masse into the environment as compositional elements. So on the one hand a humanist, on the other, someone who deemphasizes people within their environment. I think you can see macroeconomics in the work. Dante On Jun 26, 2012, at 8:02 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > That misses my point, Tina. I, too, prefer the documentary work. But this > work will be seen by far more people, will be infinitely more widely > reproduced, and has the very real potential to influence people's support > for conservation. Pictures of dark-skinned, dirty, impoverished > third-worlders? Not so much. > Typed with big fingers on tiny keys > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:58:43 > To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado Again > > I much prefer his people photos, but then, I much prefer people photos > anyway! > > Tina > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:37 AM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> > wrote: > >> A couple quick thoughts after viewing these gorgeous images: >> >> 1. Ansel who? >> >> 2. These will ultimately have more impact than all Salvador work in the >> Worker and Migrations series combined; a sad statement on the reality of >> doing documentary work. >> >> >> Typed with big fingers on tiny keys >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org >> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:56:58 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado Again >> >> Digital these days using DXO software and then to film! >> >> http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/filmpack/user_testimonial/sebastiao_salgado >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> He makes beautiful pictures. Do you know if he still works in film? And >> does he rent helicopters everywhere he goes? >> >> >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 8:07 PM, Robert Baron wrote: >> >>> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jun/22/sebastiaosalgado-photography >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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