Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/10

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Subject: [Leica] NOW: Documentary Still Photography - was: In defence of the newspapers
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Thu Apr 10 14:30:01 2008
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> 
wrote:
<snip>
>  Does the larger public (other than photographers) actually want quality,
> still, documentary images in any form (inkjet prints, self published books,
> internet jpg's, et al)?
>  What ever happened to CDrom books? ebooks?

It's an issue of quality for me. I'm wary of the self published books
in general. Making good color images in print is a relatively involved
process if you want what's on the page to be as good as it can be - if
it's the photography you really care about.

Ultimately for documentary work it's a combination of words and images
unless the photo-essay is truly amazing. I think the PDFs Kyle has
shared with us from the southwest are well worth viewing and reading.
I'd enjoy them as a book -- but the book would cost more than I would
be willing to pay, not because of Kyle's work but because I'm just not
wanting to fill the house with more "stuff." I'm getting rid of stuff
in general these days.

I'm not a fan of CD-ROM books or ebooks at all. Can I read this on the
commode? Carry it in a backpack and read it while waiting for
something or other? In general I don't like reading much of anything
from a computer screen and ebooks and ebook-readers don't work for me
at all. Maybe when they can be rolled up or folded or, in general,
treated like a paperback book, then I'll go for it. That day, for
monochrome, may not be too far off.

So I guess I'm saying that it's about the quality of what I hold in my
hand, for images the printing has to be first rate. The LUG books are
okay but their value comes from a connection with the people who made
the images. I wouldn't buy the book simply because of the images.

Adam

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Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] In defence of the newspapers)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] In defence of the newspapers)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] In defence of the newspapers)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] In defence of the newspapers)
Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] In defence of the newspapers)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] NOW: Documentary Still Photography - was: In defence of the newspapers)