Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/01

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado now great image/camera ?
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto at earthlink.net)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:31:30 -0400

Chris Saganich wrote:

>>>
That's like saying is a particular house wouldn't be as great is the 
carpenter used a different hammer.
<<<

If he had a hammer instead of a nail gun the house would be different. 
Smaller, probably, and simpler joints.  Likewise a hand saw rather than
appropriate power tools.  With a hand saw I'd make a smaller, simpler
house.  Or make a dog house instead.

Would we even have as many D-Day photos if Capa had been using a TLR or
Graflex?  Would 'Moonrise' or 'Mt. Williamson' or 'Aspens, northern New
Mexico' be great without the rich detail and tonality that a big piece of
film and good technique allows?

It's not the camera, it's not the photographer, it's not the subject, it's
not the light, geometry of composition or historical context or any other
single factor.  It's how they all came together in varying degrees for a
particular few moments of time.  Remove or change any one of these factors
and the photograph will be different.  Will it still be "great"?  Define
"great".

Doug Herr
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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