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Subject: [Leica] What makes a great photograph?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:45:46 -0600 (CST)
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That makes a great document, which may or may not be a great photograph.

On Dec 18, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> What Sonny said ... He beat me to it.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> I work in an archive, and we preserve several thousand  
>> photographs.  The
>> most important ones to save are the snapshots that show the  
>> people, and how
>> the places looked.
>>
>> The pretty pictures are nice, but the important ones tell us our  
>> history.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin  
>> <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> It's quite simple really.
>>>
>>>
>>> Great photograph
>>>
>>> Beautiful photograph
>>>
>>> Fine photograph
>>>
>>> Classic photograph
>>>
>>> Powerful photograph
>>>
>>> Strong photograph
>>>
>>>
>>> These are the photos I wish I had taken but probably didn't.
>>>
>>>
>>> On the other hand, these are the photos I probably did take.
>>>
>>>
>>> Snapshot photograph
>>>
>>> Weak photograph
>>>
>>> Average photograph
>>>
>>> Below average photograph
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>
>> USA
>>
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