[Leica] Re: Photography, my point of view.

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

Thank you David,

Jim


At 03:51 PM 3/17/99 -0800, David Duff wrote:
>Jim Brick wrote:
>> 
>> One thing about photography, there is all kinds. All kinds of photography.
>> All kinds of people indulging in photography. What floats my boat, will
>> sink yours. And vice versa.
>> 
>	You sure got that right Jim, just about time I thought I've heard
>of every concievable way one could put bread on the table with
>photography
>full-time, I hear of a new one. In Medical Photography I specialize in
>just
>eyes. I have a buddy in Vancouver, B.C. that specializes in bite-mark
>photo-
>graphy. And I met others at national Bio-Medical Photographers meetings
>that
>tobacco mosaic viruses, cave drippings, Native American Rock-Art
>Documenta-
>tion, and of course everyones favorite - the police forensic
>photographers.
>Then theres my uncle who is a photographer/illustrator for Hallmark in
>K.C.
>who has been doing that line for better than a quarter of a century.
>(I've
>noticed some posters to LUG who have been at it for half a century and
>more.)
>
>> ... Do you even take pictures. Or do you just fondle equipment?
>
>	I was in my studio here at the hospital a few years back, showing
>off my latest Leica addition to the guy who infected me with the "Leica
>bug",
>when a dietician popped his head in the door and said "Oh, excuse me, I
>see
>you guys are "Leica-bating", I'll come back when you're done".
>Leica-bating,
>wow, it really struck home then.
>	Another instance when I had my photographic "feet" knocked out from
>under me was when one of my photo professors required us to read "On
>Photo-
>graphy" by Susan Sontag. It's the one where she says "...To photograph
>some-
>one is to violate them...". It changed my photography forever, and of
>course
>also gave me some compassion with/for my clients. (Of course, I didn't
>buy
>her line 100%, or I wouldn't even be taking happy snaps)
> 
>> This, of course, is Just My Humble Opinion, as there are lots of people
>> that love to indulge in the yesteryear photographic ambiance. And many are
>> simply happy snappers.
>
>Thanks for sharing!
>
>> Jim
>> 
>> PS... I've been commissioned to provide six 30x40 Cibachromes plus six to
>> ten 16x20 and 20x24 Ciba's for office and conference room decor, for Photo
>> Access' new facility. Photo Access also bought 250 of my San Francisco
>> books as promotional gifts. This is what my photography is all about. And
>> when I teach a workshop, it is based upon achieving the utmost out of your
>> equipment. Not achieving less than the utmost.
>
>Congratulations! Keep doin' what you're doin.
>I'll go back to List Lurking now.
>David Duff, BS, CFA, LHSA, MOUSE