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Subject: [Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:10:29 +0200
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Ah oui?!

All the best from Paris!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
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Le 21 avr. 2012 ? 23:30, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :

> Yes to all your questions. There are many ways of seeing. I suppose my 
> favorite Ribaud image is:
> 
> http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&VBID=2K1HZO9L53GPI&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm&IID=2S5RYDZ247PK&PN=4&CT=Search
> 
> which is certainly not a cheery street scene.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 21, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> 
>> Mindful that I'm opening a can of worms and the kind of discussion
>> that I don't often see in this forum, would the various posters be up
>> to the task of identifying (links appreciated) their favorite images
>> by Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis? I ask for several reasons, but the
>> most important seems to be a world view shared by their images and the
>> LUG members who like them, namely that life, if caught at the right
>> moment, is carefree, happy and soulful, and that the common man, and,
>> indeed all men, caught at the right moment has beauty, nobility, and
>> innocence. I call this entrenched optimism, Ted uses the words "people
>> in real life on the street" and Gerry feels that they capture [sic]
>> "the soul, without [which] we are lost." Doesn't real life entail much
>> more than these images show? Is there something about photography
>> (street and/or Leica photography in particular) that lends itself to
>> portraying life in this way? Finally, is it possible for photography
>> to capture other aspects of the lives of people on the street ... and
>> still be great photography?
>> 
>> -Lew S
>> 
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In reply to: Message from lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz) ([Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis)