Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/08

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Subject: Re: Alex Webb
From: Kari Eloranta <kve@dopey.hut.fi>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:07:37 +0300 (EET DST)

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> From: Oddmund Garvik <garvik@serveur.interliger.fr>
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> I know only some of the photojournalistic work of Alex Webb, which I find
> quite interesting. David C. Turnley once mentioned something about "true
> moments". He was chasing those moments when nothing happened, "instants non
> decisifs". These moments put together intelligently may represent a
> complete reportage. Humans and situations are even more "true", or more
> human, if you want.

I think that one has to cover these moments to capture the whole.
But our times are driven towards this CNN-mentality: if there aren't
guns going off live and dead bodies fallen down the place isn't really
existing.

The intensity of light and colors in the south makes me wonder if color
is the only way to capture the moods. Certainly it can be done in a very
interesting way like in Webb's work.

Kari