Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Joel Meyerowitz at Ground Zero with 8x10 Deardorff
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:14:15 -0400
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I may be really missing something, but if I'm not mistaken, the point
was that Meyerowitz, who is using an 8x10 camera for his WTC project,
and who uses one for other color, senic, work, also does street shooting
- - not that he does street shooting with an 8x10. No?

B. D.

Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> I surprised we who all so quickly accept the Idea of street photography with an
> 8x10 camera!
> I remember plenty of discussions where the consensus was that it HAD to be 35mm
> or it was not Street.
> I've always thought you put ANY camera on a tripod and you are accepted quicker
> by your surroundings then lurking around with a 35mm blending in like Fritz the
> Cat in China.
> Take a stand! And a big camera! That's a great idea. As far as your surroundings
> go you are a surveyor... invisible...just doing your job.
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> 
> Portland, Oregon
> USA
> 
> http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
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