Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] > > At 08:14 PM 9/29/99 -0400, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > >But, then, I think August Sanders and Avedon are the patron > >saints of portrait photographers. > > August Sanders, yes! And Arnold Newman. > Nobody's mentioned Helmut Newton yet :-/ While I really like his rather dark, fetishistic view of the people in his world, a friend commented that Newton was really just a tease when it came to looking into the darkened rooms of the soul. Does anyone have a suggestion for a photographer whose work might cause my flower-shooting friend to say "Now that's *dark*!" And on the topic of the post, my opinions yesterday were coloured by the fact that I had just dipped into the collection, and as luck would have it, hadn't hit many of the high points. After a more careful perusal, I'm inclined to put a brick or two back into Henri's pedestal. While I still think the collection is a bit uneven (not HCB's fault, rather the editor's), some of the pictures are iconic (like Sartre, Marilyn and Abbe Pierre) and many of them show a refreshing humanity and respect for his subjects. It makes a great difference to your outlook when you haven't just gotten off a two hour conference call with project managers and marketing droids... Paul Chefurka