Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 18:32 28/09/97 -0400, you wrote: >He's somewhat legendary. He's been known since the mid-sixties. Has a >number of books out. Was just looking at "Infanta" the other day. He's a >colleague and contemporary of Mary Ellen Mark, if that puts it into >perspective for you. In any event, he's uses Leicas (I pretty sure >exclusively) which for an art photographer may be somewhat unusual. >However, I like the grainy look. His work is an inspiration to all who >want to use the Leica as a fine art tool. I suppose this is as good a place as any to ask- could someone fill in this gap in my knowledge with a short definition or explanation- what exactly IS fine art photography? I have a very vague idea and I'd really like to know. It sounds like I might want to do it. Joe Berenbaum