Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>to higher realms of creativity will stand up and start a thread about the >meaning of Leica photography as defined by HCB and Doisneau and Salgado Well, I wouldn't put Doisneau in the same category as the other two. He's certainly has a good eye, but he creates his pictures. That's not the essence of Leica photography. He paid models to stand around Paris smooching. There's nothing wrong with that, people make lots of money doing that kind of thing for advertising and such. But that's not what Leica's are BEST at doing. What makes them stand out over any other camera. Dosineau's pictures could be done by an 8x10 view camera. Shoot, Nicholas Nixon's pictures with an 8x10 could be argued to me more candid than some of Dosineau's pictures. They are best at capturing real moments in life. That's the advantage, you might say, that most people can agree on. Lenses? Don't dare insinuate that, you'll get slapped down by folks who say there's no difference, or that they're not worth it. So if we were to start a thread, about what the essence of Leica photography, then I suspect we would Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch The arts and sciences, and a thousand appliances