Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have never understood the "in your face, flash" kind of street photography. I think photographers should strive to be a fly on the wall and photograph the scene without intruding themselves or their personality which would totally change whatever the scene might have been. Lluis does a great job of observing without being observed! Tina On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > The documentary I saw on James Nachtwey made me think that he was about as > subtle as a photographer could be with a huge dSLR and gunfire all around > him. His "dress code" is pretty subtle. > > We had a somewhat contentious thread a few years ago after a photographer > was told to stop photographing people on his lunch hour using a big dSLR > and big zoom lens. My recollection was that he really conducted himself in > an "in your face" fashion that made his subjects angry. I sort of agreed > that a street photographer should not be "disturbing the peace", but others > were not in agreement with me. > > If someone can disturb the peace with a Leica RF, or a Fuji X100, then > he/she's way too obnoxious to be a street photographer. Luis looks and > behaves like a gentilhombre, and that surely helps. > > Regards, > > Jeffery > _________________ > Jeffery Smith > Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA > www.400tx.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com