Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/04

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Subject: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic image?
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:19:21 -0800
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Dr, Grant says:

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> .....
>
> But has anyone ever thought that maybe? Just maybe? There is some shy kind
> of shooter in the back woods of Alaska, France, Russia or any other
> location? Who has quietly gone about his life shooting brilliant images
> about the world because he loves doing it? And his or her photography puts
> almost everyone else to near shame?
>
> But simply because he's never been  published "BIG-TIME!" Ala HCB, AA and
> many others considered "Holy Grail exposures of film!" That the photography
> doesn't rate simply because we've never seen nor heard of either?
>
> "They walk amongst us quietly doing their thing !"
>
>
You mean like Vivian Maier, who shot Chicago for 40 years with a Rolliflex
and no one knew about her excellent work until now?

Oh yes, definitely, quiet but excellent photog do walk the earth :-)

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