[Leica] Opinions are like.....

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Eric Welch wrote:

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>Ah, but remember, Haas didn't have all the great films that Rowell had. He 
>did use Leicas most of his career. His book "The Creation" isn't really 
>representative of the amazing body of work that he produced. It actually 
>came out of stills he took while directing the opening sequence of "The 
>Bible" for Cecil B. DeMille. Who knows how much time he spent on that part 
>of the book. I actually find the book quite refreshing to look at once in a

>while. But I'm a nature boy at heart. (Fully clothed mind you).
>
>He is, according to what I read, the real pioneer of 35mm color 
>photography. His bullfighters for LIFE shot with Kodachrome 10, with the 
>wonderful blurs, was ground-breaking in many ways. I think Ernst Haas has 
>to be judged by the era he was in as well as the technical qualities of his

>photos. And many of his lesser known pictures - flowers for example - are 
>amazing. He has been judged by the photojournalism profession as one of the

>greats of all time.

That's your opinion.  Opinions are like butts, everyone has one.

>He may not be your cup of tea, and that's okay, but in the big picture, he 
>is one of the greats. And one of my all-time favorites. Oh, and by the way,

>one of Ansel Adams' few favorite color photographers.

Ansel was entitled to his opinion too!

>Cindy Crawford over Calista Flockheart? I don't know. Cindy's getting kind 
>of old. :-)

We all are Eric.  But Calista is too too skinny for me.  Like a modern
Twiggy.

Peter K