Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And Pamela Lee Anderson manages to eke out a career as well.... Sorry, but with the exception of a handful of images, I think that Eisenstadt was, basically, a reasonably talented celebrity photographer who got VERY far on a wonderful personality. Does that make him or his work bad?...Of course not. But I sure hope our standard for what is good, meaningful, significant, artistic, is not whether or not the particularly individual can eke out a career... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Craig > Roberts > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:05 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re : Nachtwey's Capas, >> >Salgados, Evans, etc > > > "It's all designed to appeal to the emotional equivalent or arena that > prompted people to observe Christians being fed to the lions." - > John London > > Well...the more sensitive among us are in good company. > > Leicaphile Alfred Eisenstaedt said: "I do not photograph blood or war or > the homeless. I would not want anyone to photograph me stretched > out on the > subway steps." > > Somehow he managed to eke out a career, anyway. > > Craig > Boston > > > >