Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I never liked Sieff's 35mm work. It's too grainy for my taste. Also, >his use of negative space, in an image, made it look like he was winging >it, and out of control. In particular, the _european_style of printing that >dominates Sieff's work, I find it visually abrasive. >On the other hand, Bailey's 120 work is much tighter. I get a sense of >action, even in his portraits, almost of an imminent sense of activity. >But, being predominately a 120 shooter, I realize that I have a bias in >that area. > Slobodan Dimitrov Sieffs 35mm stuff is definitely grainy, and sometimes the printing is over the top (with some painfully obvious burns), but it's nevertheless powerful, at least to my eye. Particularly striking to me are the nudes and fashion shots made with a 21mm lens - astounding! Guy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html