Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These are really good! Volume 16 of the Hokusai Manga? ;-) In the same vein - I'll never forget seeing the "53 Stations of the Tokaido Trail" exhibition of Hiroshige's pictures in London in 1972. Such a wonderfully refreshing contrast to all the other exhibitions going on at the time. Cheers Douglas Philippe Orlent wrote: > For the complete nitwit that I calligraphically am: beautiful work > that each time gets better, Richard. > > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > Op 4-jan-07, om 09:40 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven: > >> George, thank you for your encouragement. Do you have any calligraphy >> or similar images you have done that you are willing to share? Would >> love to see some. I set up a blog on the images: >> http://richardmanphotography.blogspot.com/ >> >> At first I wasn't too sure about doing this sort of stuff (recall >> that I am generally a no-photoshopping type of person), but I think >> these images look nice and have good possibilities. They are also >> fairly unique, leveraging some of my strength... >> >> Thanks again. >> >> At 10:11 AM 1/3/2007, Lottermoser George wrote: >>> As a fellow calligrapher/photographer I'm very interested in the work >>> you're doing with this combination. I've dabbled in similar efforts. >>> I believe that these two are an improvement over those where the >>> calligraphy was not integrated with the images. I also have the >>> feeling that if the calligraphy were tweaked in terms of size and >>> placement (for my taste moved a bit further into the frame) they >>> would come together a bit better. The tradition that you're >>> referencing with this work finds a level of compositional perfection >>> which often staggers one's perception. And to imagine that the >>> masters accomplished this with inked brush in hand, unable to move >>> things about to get it right - well - you know. >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >> please use richard at imagecraft.com) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >