Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF0532.EFB000F0 Content-Type: text/plain Perhaps the most vital aspect of "The Decisive Moment" as a concept and a title is its divine ambiguity. One should remember that Henri Cartier-Bresson was among the very early Surrealists (...and surrealism is a widely misinterpreted and misunderstood dogma) and was greatly influenced by the surrealists' dialogues regarding what lay just beyond visible reality and the reality of the conscious mind. Indeed, there are analogues to "decisive moment" photography in all media-- painting, writing, cinema, et cetera. Buzz Hausner - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF0532.EFB000F0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1460.9"> <TITLE>RE: [Leica] Decisive Moment translated</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Perhaps the most vital aspect of "The Decisive = Moment" as a concept and a title is its divine ambiguity. = One should remember that Henri Cartier-Bresson was among the very early = Surrealists (...and surrealism is a widely misinterpreted and = misunderstood dogma) and was greatly influenced by the surrealists' = dialogues regarding what lay just beyond visible reality and the = reality of the conscious mind. Indeed, there are analogues to = "decisive moment" photography in all media-- painting, = writing, cinema, et cetera.</FONT></P> <P> <FONT SIZE=3D2>Buzz = Hausner</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BF0532.EFB000F0--