Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the link, Ken. I too found it very liberating when I just used the Fuji X100 with its fixed lens on a trip. Sometimes I do go out with a one- or two-lens outfit at most, especially when travelling on business (which is often). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Sep 4, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote: > The New York Times recently ran an article about Jerome Delay, chronicling > the humanitarian struggles in Mali. > > What made this particularly interesting, at least to me, that his equipment > is utterly simple: one camera, and one 50/1.4 lens. > > Perusing through his work, the most remarkable aspect of his images is the > transparency and immediacy. With the "normal" perspective that the lens > provides, it removes all distractions such as geometric distortion, > perspective exaggerations, and peeping-tom voyeurism so prevalent on > today's pages. > > These images speak very powerfully, not because of the super-high-tech > (which it is) wizardry, but how distractions caused by unnatural > perspectives are eliminated. Yet, his works have depth and focus that many > other photographers try to create using super-wide or super-tele lenses. > Even the crooked horizon in a couple of of the photographs isn't > distracting. > > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/the-lens-is-standard-the-photos-anything-but/ > > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >