Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/13

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Subject: [Leica] Panoramic Photo
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:10:45 -0500
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On Dec 11, 2009, at 16:07, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 02:28 PM 12/11/2009, you wrote:
>> Steve Bloom's stitched street scape served as a catalyst to many
>> complex thoughts and feelings about:
>> economies, culture, people, streets, photography, photographic
>> limits, multimedia, printing and printing.
>> 
>> Google Streetview provides banal information.
> 
> I agree.  I don't see any similarity between Bloom's panoramic shot and 
> Google Streetview!  The panorama takes you into another world.  I don't 
> know how he managed to photograph the whole street without attracting 
> attention but it's as if he is invisible.  That's what I've always wanted 
> to be - invisible in the middle of another culture.  I walked on many 
> streets just like this in Kenya but attracted swarms of kids wanting their 
> photos made, beggars asking for money, and vendors trying to sell 
> everything imaginable.  How did he manage to do this without anyone 
> walking between him and the sidewalk view?  It's amazing.
> 

Point taken though I may not completely agree. Streetview is in a sense, the 
ultimate snapshot. All places and an instance in time. The camera angle 
sucks but banal? Is John Gage's 4'33" banal?

I wonder if anyone spend a few days or weeks wondering up and down the same 
street with a (beater) camera on a tripod taking a picture every meter or so 
will soon disappear because people will get use to him/her? Tina, you said 
yourself that you make yourself disappear with the families in Central 
America you photograph by living with them, always have a camera and always 
taking pictures. Is this just not an extension of the same technique?

Regards,
Spencer



Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Panoramic Photo)
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Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] Panoramic Photo)
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