Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why must you attack someone just because you don't happen to like his work? I was very moved by the portraits on the web site from the "tete a tete". Does this mean there is something wrong with me? Why can't you like something without attacking something else? Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Stewart, Alistair [SMTP:AStewart@gigaweb.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 10:22 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Cartier-Bresson Tete-a-Tete > > Ah, Jonathan, > > you are right. Can't post to the LUG without a clear point :=) > > So, my point is that several LUGers, let alone countless other > contemporary > silver halide artists, have work that stands, on any evaluation, head and > shoulders above His, and elevates the medium far more than Mr. Artless Art > ever did. But the dealers don't stand to get rich off their work since the > market is as yet unmade. The new work isn't 'promoted' and the medium gets > mired in the old cliches. Es claro? > > best of light, > > Alistair > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jborden@mediaone.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 8:37 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Cartier-Bresson Tete-a-Tete > > > The point being ... ? > > Jonathan Borden > Stewart, Alistair wrote: > > > > > > OK, I may be dense here, but why are we continuing to deify > > HasCountlessBenefitsfromhisfamily? > > > > Know what? The world has actually rotated a bit since HCB married > > surrealism > > and photography. Get over it. > > > > I propose to the LUG that although His shoes would fit my, and our, feet > > poorly, there are thousands of better, yes, better, photographers > > out there > > today whose work gets > > 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of > > the coverage > > that He does. > > > > Please, get over it and let's move on to another niveau which is > unrelated > > to constructing a market so the print dealers can make even more > > money than > > they already have. > > > > OK, ok, can you guys hold off for a moment, please? I'm having > > some trouble > > with my asbestos suit here. My gonads seem to have got caught in > > the zipper. > > > > later > > > > Alistair