Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most of her pictures, during the depression and WWII at least, were taken with a 4x5 Graphlex SLR... I have one and it's a monster. Most of her negatives are in the care of the Oakland Museum. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com david degner wrote: > > > I still can't think of an image that was "made" > > because of its bokeh, > > and I've never seen an image that was rendered > > useless because of its > > bokeh. > > In Dorothea Lange's photo of a girl holding a barbed > wire fence while her mother stands, out of focus, in > the background, the bokeh has a substantial impact on > the photo. Im not sure what type of camera she used > or even if the bokeh in the photo could be consider > good, but in the end it is important for the mood of > the photo. You have to see the photo in print to get > its full impact but it is the 5th one from the top on > http://thecity.sfsu.edu/pacific.pix/WEBPAGE/dorothea3.html > . > > David Degner > > Would the original negatives or prints of this photo > be held by the Library of Congress? > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html