Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dilettante is not far from Dandy - HCB could afford that I think - and an amateur because he loved his craft and didn't actually need the cash either. As a native speaker, I would use both terms as HCB did. Amities Philippe Le 18 sept. 14 ? 02:16, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > Also HCB Henri Cartier-Bresson who I'm reading now and Alfred > Stieglitz also > held up this "amateur" term as an ideal instead of the opposite. > Also the related term " dilettante" is used as a compliment instead > of the > opposite by these guys (wh0 may have never met) and their > followers. It > gets confusing. Part of it may be that these major arbiters of > taste, style > and technique were born into so much money that they could piss off > anybody > they wanted to and still pay the rent at the end of the month. They > just > didn't need your business. They just didn't have to care.!! > > > On 9/16/14 6:29 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Phil I like his quote: > > "I was an amateur?I am an amateur?and I >> intend to stay an amateur. To me an > amateur photographer is one who is in love >> with taking pictures, a free > soul who can photograph what he likes and who >> likes what he photographs. By > that definition I am an amateur, so that is the >> definition that I accept." > > Tina > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Phil Swango >> <pswango at att.net> wrote: > >> I saw this on Twitter and took a look. Great >> fashion work IMO. >> >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/erwin-blumenfelds-studio >> >> You >> may have to be a subscriber to view but I'm not sure about that. >> >> -- >> Phil >> Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina >> Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > ____________________ >> ___________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE