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Subject: [Leica] WAS: IMG: early April, NOW: Street Photography 'definition'
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Wed May 2 14:08:39 2007
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>>> Philippe,
>>>
>>> I fully agree your criteria, that's more difficult is communicate  
>>> to the
>>> spectator the same sentiment you had when you took the image.

Was Luis

>>
>> I really don't know if that is possible.
>> Anybody?
>
> I do think it possible, desirable, difficult and necessary in the  
> context of fine, strong powerful photography; whether street or  
> other genres. I think it fair to suggest that the best reach for  
> more than just a record; and strive to communicate an emotion - at  
> the very least a feeling of extraordinary beauty, irony, humor,  
> pathos, compassion - something. Whatever the photographer feels  
> then needs  enhanced and/or amplified by the aesthetic elements  
> composed in the frame. I don't think it enough to just document,  
> technically well, a beautiful object, place, or event. If the  
> photographer does not have strong feelings and/or thoughts about  
> the subject it's unlikely that the viewer of the photograph will.

I agree wholeheartedly, but not for street photography. Maybe because  
I don't consider myself as a street photographer.

>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
>
>
>
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