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From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Jun 8 11:00:40 2006
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I felt the same way when I visited his site this afternoon.

Philippe Orlent wrote:
> I kinda like his work. But it's certainly not better than what is 
> shown on this list.
>
>
> Op 8-jun-06, om 17:18 heeft <allen.graves@charter.net> het volgende 
> geschreven:
>
>> After looking at his web page, Mr. JS certainly seems eminently 
>> qualified to comment on "lousy" -or at least undistinguished- 
>> photographs. He seems to be a master of the genre. Perhaps he excuses 
>> this by thinking that they would be better if he had a more expensive 
>> camera. <grin>
>>
>> Allen
>>
>>
>> ---- SonC@aol.com wrote:
>>> In a message dated 6/8/2006 9:43:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> kididdoc@cox.net writes:
>>> actually I wonder who said this ""  ""   Don ?
>>>
>>> "There is a Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing
>>> combination of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras  and
>>> praise for the lousy photos."
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks, Steve
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> It was on the photo forum at  Nabble
>>>
>>>
>>> Re: The death of photo industry - Was Pentax are seeing the  light
>>> by Jeff Spirer 2006-05-29 13:06 :: Reply | Show Only this  Message 
>>> :: Rate
>>> this Message:
>>> At 10:37 AM 5/29/2006,  Qkano wrote:
>>>
>>>> And professional photgraphers too.
>>>> Now anyone,  even a monkey, can buy a digital camera and produce 
>>>> images
>>>> better than  were ever possible with film.
>>>
>>> If that's true, it's a good thing.   The history of photography is its
>>> place as a democratizing art - Kodak  recognized this with the
>>> original box camera, roll film took a huge leap  forward, and minilabs
>>> took it as far as it could before digital.   Digital is just another
>>> step in the process rather than some disconnect.
>>>
>>>> BTW: this is meant seriously, I'm becoming more and more aghast at
>>>> images I'm shown as "great" - even in company advertising brochures -
>>>> which most here would consign to the bin. The people praising them
>>>> really do seem to believe they are great.  There must be something
>>>> deeply human ...
>>>
>>> Very true, but disconnected from the  technology, except the
>>> technology available to see so much more than  before.  There is a
>>> Leica user's forum on the Internet that has the  amazing combination
>>> of lousy photos taken with very expensive cameras and  praise for the
>>> lousy photos.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeff Spirer
>>> Photos:  http://www.spirer.com
>>> One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sonny
>>> http://www.sonc.com
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>>>
>>>
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