Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Roni
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:35:30 -0400
References: <CAFuU78c6upf1mYsQ1-qU5eZucZAW9deb5726p9SNSV_NJ=iGdg@mail.gmail.com> <CBB90021.1D5EE%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I don't understand, Mark. How would that answer my questions about why
the Doisneau group is liked so much? Also, I never said I don't like
them, I do. I just think HCB and others are better.

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> Why don't you show us some url's of some stuff you DO like then.!??!
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>
>
>> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:56:20 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Ronis
>>
>> I actually wouldn't pick this group as my favorite or even the best
>> French photogs. I'm interested in what the posters see in them,
>> especially since their aesthetic seems available for
>> assimilation/emulation whereas other photog's (HCB, Brassai) don't.
>> Curious, no?
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Sound great Lew you start!
>>>
>>> - - from my iRabs.
>>> Mark Rabiner
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:24:26 -0400
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: [Leica] Doisneau, Riboud, Boubat, Ronis
>>>>
>>>> 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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>> --
>> -Lew S.
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-Lew S.


Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Roni)
In reply to: Message from lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz) ([Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Ronis)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Doisneau, Rebound, Boubat, Roni)