Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, you were lucky with that weather in the end - adds much to the scenery even though I know you prefer perfectly sharp and clear pictures. Wonderful sight. Amiti?s Philippe Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> Hmm. Well I would always avoid any socio/political discussion in a >> photography group. I'll let Ansel adams comment. >> "No matter how sophisticated you may be, a huge granite mountain >> cannot be >> denied-it speaks in silence to the very core of your being." >> For me you cannot stand where that man stood and not be moved. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/u/y/Ye1.jpg.html > > > magnificent Hoppy, > > Steve > > >> >> >> >> 2009/11/2 slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >> >>> Well, he did have a point with that. >>> But photographing a landscape in the US is a socio/political >>> statement to >>> begin with, Teddy so to that. >>> Flap his side-walk cafe coffee sipping lips all he wants, HCB was no >>> de-Tocqueville! >>> But on the other hand, much of that so-called crisis, was >>> manufactured by >>> colonialism. Of which HCB participated in, profited from, and never >>> formally >>> renounced. >>> S.d. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 1, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>> >>> HCB also said (about Ansel Adams) "Now in this moment, this crisis, >>> with >>> >>>> the >>>> world maybe going to pieces--to photograph a *landscape*!" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2009/11/2 slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >>>> >>>> Still, for a one trick pony, HCB held his own quite well. >>>> >>>>> I think it's a hallmark of the French to make emotivist comments >>>>> on what >>>>> they know least about. >>>>> (And, yes, I lived, and went to school there.) >>>>> S.d. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Henri Cartier-Bresson said that if God intended us to use waist- >>>>> level >>>>> >>>>>> finders, He'd have given us eyes in our stomachs. >>>>>> As much as I love HCB's sense of form, I think he failed to >>>>>> understand >>>>>> the >>>>>> fun, excitement and sheerly surreptitious advantages >>>>>> of using the Rollie. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Geoff >>>>>> The new LEICA M9 >>>>>> Passion for perfect pictures. >>>>>> http://www.m.leica-camera.com >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>>>> >>>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >