Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I quite agree. (with a few notable exceptions - perhaps failures) Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 On Jan 18, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > Several years ago, a guy came to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and > set up > an off-street studio with a white flat background. > > He used a Polaroid 16x20 camera, I think, maybe an 8x10, and asked > selected > people in costume to come off the street to be photographed. I > thought it > was a crazy idea, until I saw some some of the prints. > > These portraits, I think are pretty wonderful; by taking the people > out of > context, and only letting them have one prop for comfort, we get to > see > something really special in most of the people. > > They aren't photography, they are portraits, and I think most of them > succeed. > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information