RE: [Leica] New photos/Arbus/Mikhailov

[Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

some great photography

http://www.partobject.com/mikhailov/bm_ex1.html

I'd also recommend Ray's a Laugh for a good dose of reality

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3908247373/qid=1062555385/sr=8
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> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Johnny
> Deadman
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:40 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New photos/Arbus
>
>
> I am not going to set myself up as Arbus' apologist -- others have done
> that much better than I can -- but the criticism of her that I have
> seen on this list is banal and superficial in the extreme. It is one
> thing to say you don't get off on her photographs -- that's your right
> -- but if you go further than that then you owe it to yourself to do
> more than do the critical equivalent of sniffing your own armpit and
> reporting on how it smells to you.
>
> Of course if what you demand of your photography is Rembrandt lighting
> and the eyes nicely in focus and a warm gooey feeling (or possible an
> uncomfortable but somehow reassuring feeling of suburban guilt at the
> plight of others who are respectfully rendered in BW with outstanding
> bokeh) then you will want to look elsewhere.
>
> Of course, if you want a triple-espresso dose of moral outrage of the
> kind generated by Arbus I strongly suggest you look at Boris
> Mikhailov's extraordinary CASE HISTORY
>
> 	http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3908247098
>
> Guaranteed 100% bokeh-free.
>
> --
> John Brownlow
>
> pictures:
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
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> http://www.unintended-consequences.com
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