Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:36 AM, Richard Man wrote: > Phillips asked about what is epicness. Well, someone else wrote about it: > http://photofocus.com/2014/09/17/on-making-epic-photographs/ > > Photographers are filled with the desire to make Epic images. That drive > gets us up in the morning and keeps us staring into the monitor after most > have said "goodnight." It's what we do. We do it because it fills us up. It > satisfies. It completes us. It is often nothing less than our reason for > being on the planet. Seems like an abuse of the term; at least as defined in any good dictionary; or as used in the literary and filmic traditions. I'd like to see 10 examples of "Epic Photograph(s)" to help me understand how this term is being used in this article. I would say that http://www.amazon.com/Minamata-W-Eugene/dp/093826205X qualifies as an Epic Photographic Essay Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist