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Subject: [Leica] Nobody cares
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Mar 9 10:32:26 2006
References: <C035DD00.D9C5%bdcolen@comcast.net>

Also,

Just shot the 1958 photo a year or so ago....I'm stuck in a time warp.


Walt (aging but still kicking, or at least knee jerking)


B. D. Colen wrote:

>You could pass Flagmom off as a 1958 Robert Frank, but for the clothes, and
>stare...I don't know what to say.
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>On 3/9/06 1:18 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
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>>B. D. Colen wrote:
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>>>Just let the photo speak for itself - if you have to tell us what it is,
>>>it's failed as a photograph.
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>>B.D.
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>>An observation that accurate belongs on a T shirt :-)
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>>Something else, the distance between the shooter and the shootee bothers
>>me. I find it difficult to use people as elements in a composition
>>rather than approaching them as individuals. When prowling in the guise
>>of a "street photographer" there are times when a pleasant confrontation
>>elicits better images than sneakiness.
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>>Walt
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>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album383/flagmom_ed
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>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album383/stare
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