Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't really given it any thought, Feli - The question/discussion was about HCB's portrait photography, which I think is quite weak compared to his other work. I'd certainly point to some of Avedon's portraits of the famous and infamous as being far stronger than most of HCBs. On 1/27/06 2:52 AM, "feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > Ok, who would you then consider a genius portrait photographer of the > rich and famous? > > feli > > On Jan 26, 2006, at 1:36 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> I share your opinion on weakness, and take it an heretical step >> further - I >> think the portraiture is, with a few obvious exceptions, HCB's >> weakest work. >> Like a lot of Eisenstadts work, it appears to have more to do with >> celebrity >> access than it does photographic genius. > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information