Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/7/02 10:43:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, jbcollier@shaw.ca writes: << I will be at the newsstand today and will check out the Gibson issue. That sounds interesting. >> In that interview Gibson related a story about an advice given to her by Dorothea Lange. The story went: "I once showed her my work and she said 'I see the problem. You have no point of departure." This piece of observation/advice has very much intrigued me. Ms. Lange's descripition of what is "a point of departure" was cryptic. Gibson himself in that Lenswork interview failed to elaborate to my satisfaction. He said, it's not how, it's what you photograph. Surely it can't be as simple as zeroing in on your subject, I am sure Dorothea Lange meant something more profound than that. How does one fuse this with CB's "decisive moment" for example? Dante - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html