Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you can't make it good make it big, if you can't make it big make it dark..... anon p.s. I also hold his work and dedication in high regard. B. D. Colen wrote: >I know that's why he did it; I just happen to think that it was a mistake. >That collection of photos would have a physical presence, and be hard to >look at, if they were 4x6s. I think this was a case of Nachtwey - for whom I >have the greatest respect - succumbing to the the belief of many >photographers that "if it's not good enough if it's not big enough." ;-) > > >On 3/30/06 7:48 AM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > >>Huh? There was a forward and intro? ;-) >> >>Jeffery Smith >>New Orleans, LA >>http://www.400tx.com >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of R. >>Clayton McKee >>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:13 PM >>To: Leica Users Group >>Subject: Re: [Leica] James Nachtwey's "Inferno" >> >> >>If you take the time to read the intro and forewords (yeah, right) he >>mentions that the size is a deliberate decision... to make the book >>so large it had an actual physical presence and would be hard to >>ignore or NOT notice. >> >>Like looking at ANY of Salgado's work, or for that matter Magnum >>_Stories_, I can only look at it for a few minutes at a stretch >>before I'm just brain dead and have to put it down and decompress for >>a bit. >> >>At the moment my copy lives at my mother's place in Fort Worth, safe >>out of the reach of passing hurricanes. >> >>It'll come home on the next ferry run. >> >> >> >>On 29 Mar 2006 at 21:45, B. D. Colen wrote: >> >> >> >>>It's work of astounding quality, but I find the book overwhelming - >>>many of >>>the images are too big to be viewed as close as they must be in a book, >>> >>> >>and >> >> >>>there are just too many of them for a single book. >>> >>> >>-- >> >> >>R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com >>Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com >>P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 >>Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >