Re: [Leica] That McNally Book! --Slobodan --

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

Since he's a working photographer, who has even managed to get public
moneys, the burden on him is that much greater. Besides, he makes the
rest of us look bad. 
Now take Richard Misrach's wall size prints, it's enough to make a
person believe that sunlight was only created so there could be
photography. 
Slobodan Dimitrov


Jay Coleman wrote:
> 
> I saw the exhibit when it was at Grand Central Station in New York.  As I
> understand it, they were shot on the giant (40x80) Polaroid camera.  The
> prints you see are the originals (being Polaroids).  They are terrible.
> While I do not feel they are as bad as Slobodan says in terms of
> composition, although they could certainly be better given the subjects, the
> technical quality is very bad.  They are green, either from improper color
> temperature on the lights or improper handling of the materials and not
> particularly sharp given their direct nature.  I mention the technical
> aspect not for its own sake but because it detracts from the pictures.  When
> you are making a 40x80 of the kind of subjects McNally had, the point is to
> make it technically perfect.  Why bother otherwise with the giant camera and
> the studio?  well, corporate sponsorship, maybe ...
> m
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