Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/29

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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] HCB Portaits at Washington Post site
From: Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:40:26 -0400
 
     
     Having recently seen a book of portraits by Karsh, in which the people 
     are photographed so as to appear almost as if their heads were chisled 
     out of granite (the worst ones at least), I have a much higher opinion 
     of HCB's portraits than Bernard does, finding them refreshing, humane, 
     subtle, natural, and individual by comparision.  If they don't possess 
     all the same qualities of his more typical so-called "decisive moment" 
     photographs, they are none the less very fine.  (Just an opinion!)  :)
     
     Art Peterson
     

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Subject: Re: [Leica] HCB Portaits at Washington Post site
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date:    09/30/1999 12:03 AM


Paul Chefurka wrote:
     
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/photogallery/bresson/inde 
>
> x.htm
>
> Three galleries of portraits and an essay.
     
Thanks for the link! On the Albert Camus portrait, it that incredibly 
ugly bokeh, or is it me? The image doubles!
     
And  I'm afraid I must say that I find the majority of these photos 
tremendously unremarkable.
     
Bernard