Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. It just means that pj is a dead/dying occupation. Top of the list young adults who have not acknowledged one of the movers and shakers of photography. I might have asked about a current major photographer(Natchaway or your friend of The Big Dig) to get a feel whether they were interested in the field or just looking for an easy credit. :) Brian's daughter is at MIT. If you recall he was off list two years ago driving her and the stuff to MIT. Wellesly?, hahahaha, you should know Brian better than that. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/11/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > > How's this for depressing? Thursday night I handed out a "pop quiz" to the > first meeting of my MIT doc photo/pj class. It was ridiculously simple, > and > was designed to give me a way to throw out anyone I needed to throw out > because I always have too many kids sign up. One question was: > > 2. Who coined the phrase ?the decisive moment?? > A. Susan Sontag > B. Mathew Brady > C. Henri Cartier-Bresson > D. None of the above > Only THREE of 19 MIT students got it right - and I think they were > guessing, > because not one of the kids later acknowledged being familiar with HCB's > work. Further, NOT ONE knew what Magnum was. Oh, most frequent guess on > question 2? Susan Sontag. :-( > > Fookin kids! :-( > > B. D. > > > On 2/11/06 9:37 AM, "Craig Schroeder" <craig@craigschroeder.com> wrote: > > > > >>> > >>> > >>> Like I said , it's far more important to be where these events happen, > >>> otherwise you never have the opportunities to capture the pictures. > >>> > >> > >> I've always thought the phrase: "f8 and be there" summed this up rather > >> nicely. > >> > >> Emanuel > >> > >> > > At my age, it's, F-what and be where? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >