Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I want to second David's thanks for sharing these with us _and_ his concern about the right technique: many or few. At first I thought this came across as a contact sheet rather than an essay. The subject was one I wasn't familiar with so I dove in anyway and I appreciate all the shots. All the best, Boon, and I hope we see you around with more pictures! Daniel At 00:25 12.03.2003 -0500, you wrote: >Excellent, extremely thorough look at a sliver of a culture many of us >are unfamiliar with. Thank you very much for sharing, and teaching us. > >Your style brings up a question that I have been debating myself about. >In your photo story you have many images. Is it more effective to have >an large archive of information or wittle it down to where the audience >will study individual images more? I think in your documentary of a >rather unfamiliar event the mass of photos gives a better idea of the >atmosphere and exactly what goes on. Sebastio Salgado also uses a mass >of images instead of a few extremly strong ones. I wouldn't agree with >how he uses a lot of images though because he is trying to get a point >across and just a few of his strongest images would probably have more >of an effect. What do other poeple think, its getting late and my head >hurts so I can't embelish further right now, ill bring this up later >probably. > >David Degner > >On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 23:00, Red Dawn wrote: > > Hi > > > > Here's my photo essay of Korban, taken during Hari Raya Haji about a month > > ago as part of my project to document Islam in my country (Singapore). As a > > local chinese it felt funny at first, but i was welcomed like one of them > > and that made photo taking very easy....... the local malays are very > > friendly pple. > > On Hari Raya Haji muslims offer up the sacrifice of sheep to Allah > their God > > as thanksgiving for the gift of children and newborns to their family. > > Korban is the name of this animal sacrifice, and is normally 2 sheep / goat > > for a boy, and 1 sheep / goat for a girl, though this is not mandatory. The > > process also has parallel in the Old Testament where Abraham offered up his > > only son Isaac as a sacrifice to God on God's request. When God saw that he > > passed the test and did not withhold his own son from Him, a ram was > > sacrificed in place of Isaac. > > > > Here's the link - > > > > http://reddawn.clubsnap.org/photos/korban2003/ > > > > All shot with Tri-X and a m6TTL with 35mm cron asph and a m3 with a 50 > > cron.......... > > > > Feedback or comments are welcome... > > > > enjoy! > > > > Boon Hwee > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html