Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] "review" of Women in Medicine
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Tue Nov 30 08:40:27 2004

Nah, this is not a review because it is probably more classifiable as a fan 
letter or something.

It is good. The story is engaging, the forward and the introduction gave a 
history of the subject, which I as a layman, do not know much about. Then 
the photos...

Oh boy, this is what photojournalism is about. You are treated to an 
intimate look at scenes with these women doctors. It is almost like it is 
movie set where the camera is right there, to show you the actions. Except 
that these are not rehearsed actresses, but real people. Make you wonder 
how they do it. They are like flies on the walls, with cameras on their 
necks. We know what Ted might say, "I just focus and shoot!" Sandy probably 
would say the same. I wish we all can focus and shoot like that.

And the lights. What mastery! I had a chat with a 4x5 landscape shooter 
over the weekend after I showed him my portfolio, and we were talking about 
tonal forms, the zone system, Weston and his peppers and all that. This is 
not like that. Ted just focuses and shoots - and the shadows on the faces 
are just right, and the bright lights don't scream burnt-out highlights. 
They are just part of the images. Wow!

I have to say that the equipment fetish in me causes me to notice several 
shots with the creamy bokeh signature of the Noctilux. Of course I could be 
wrong in pegging them. No matter, lots to learn from books from this...

Thank you Ted and Sandy.

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com)  


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