Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hey its only an opinion!
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 17:41:16 -0400

Here! Here!

"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:

> 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