Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/15

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Subject: Re: Re(2): [Leica] Untitled Magazine ?7
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:19:18 -0400

Mary:

Some of the most talented photographers I know are ametures, Some because
they can make way more money doing what they are trained to do.

Tom

At 02:23 PM 9/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Hi Francisco,
>
>I am an amateur too, and proud of it.  The word, as you probably know, is 
>derived from the Latin verb amare, "to love."  So the word means that 
>amateurs do what they do because they love it, and does not necessarily 
>connote that they do not know what they are doing.
>
>I liked the untitledmagazine 7.  Without reading the bios of the 
>photographers, it hit home to me that the photographers are young and 
>idealisic.  I particularly liked the shot of the boy looking through the 
>eye of the large sculpture.  The other shots showed some interesting 
>camera angles, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  To keep on topic--one wonders 
>how these folks would do if they had a Leica in their hands!
>
>Mary K
>
>
>
>>I don't agree with BD on his critics to this site.
>>
>>I think that this one of the best sites I've visited recently. Beautifully 
>>done, sober, easy to use and with a great bunch of pics.
>>
>>I don't think that the pictures are meaningless. Try to browse the past 
>>issues of the magazine and you'll found really good pictures (eg issue 
>>#2). Maybe not every single one are technically perfect (bu whats's that, 
>>anyway), but good because the photographer has been able to reflect on an 
>>image what he was seeing.
>>
>>But I'm only an amateur.
>>Francisco
>
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