Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having bought a the Ernst Haas book "The Creation," I feel the same way. There are those in the LUG that get worked up about his work, to me its just OK. Doesn't do anything for me. I'll take Rowell over Haas, Adams over Weston, Stieglitz over White, an M over an R, Holyfield over Tyson, Cindy Crawford over Calista Flockhart, etc. Like everything else its just an opinion, nothing more. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Lee, Jonathan [mailto:Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:45 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] Galen Rowell and Nikon I must admit that I had never heard about Galen Rowell till today and having just visited his website I don't see any real reason to get worked up about him. He's clearly been to some really cool places, but none of the photos that I saw on the website were really aesthetically exceptional. Yah the colours are vivid and the locations are superb but so what? There was little interpretation of the scene, Rowell just happens to take a snapshot of a really nice place. Pretty photos yes, but no more than that. I could care less if he used a Leica or a Nikon or a Voigtlander. Jonathan Lee