Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been trawling through my memory and the only HCB pics I remember as being any good are the jump, On the Banks of the Marne and the one with the fat man with the hat on in front of the wall with the kids running about. All the others I can remember are just sort of OK. There are plenty of other photographers who have each produced dozens of pictures that stick in my mind. Probably says more about me than it does about HCB though. And yes, I know he isn't dead yet. Neil -----Original Message----- From: robertmeier@usjet.net [mailto:robertmeier@usjet.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:00 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] The Critic > So Bob said: > >>> Yes, in the right circumstances. At just the right moment. With many > > reflections and repetitions of the motion.<<<<<<< > > So Bob what your saying is.... > > Where HCB had the guy jump more than once, that's still a decisive moment > even though it was staged several times? > Ted, no, I didn't say that, nor mean that. The repetitions are in the poster behind him which shows a circus performer in the same position, roughly, that the jumper is in, and the various semi-circles in the water (and elsewhere I remember, but I don't have the picture infront of me) that repeat the lines of his arms, etc. > I see that as a repetitive moment, not a decisive moment. Any idiot > photographer worth his salt can have someone do an action many times and > eventually capture something decisive looking. Then of course over a 60 year > or more span create the myth of it being caught as a one shot decisive > moment. > Are you charging that HCB staged this shot? What is the basis for your accusation? > I stick by my earlier comment, this picture of the critic with arms raised, > as we see it presented here, is as decisive a moment as the re-creations by > HCB. Why shouldn't it be. Hell if it were presented as an HCB everyone would > pee their pants with "Oh man he's the greatest!" > A decisive moment, certainly. But "the re-creations by HCB"? You think ALL of his pictures were staged? Bob _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.