Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Every now and then I'll post some photos I've made. Here are the > first two: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/BOBANGEL.JPG > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/bobjob.jpg > > I met Bob on the streets of Berkeley one afternoon and spent some time > with him. While we talked I clicked off a few frames, and these are > some of the results. > hi shel -- you've got half of it -- now you have to go back. and back. and back. while the plug's 10 commandments of photography (http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/plug/10/index.html) strictly forbid photographing homeless people, it does allow for photo essays on homeless persons. we see a face and you have the opportunity to make that face into a person for us. where does he sleep? where does he eat? what's his story? where was he born? what was he doing in 1971? you've chosen an extremely difficult subject to photograph and you've made an inroad here, clear it out, turn this picture into something real. without the depth of time and attention, it'll just be a guy. rah rah rah [remainder of mary ellen mark style rant deleted] good start, kyle - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html