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Subject: [Leica] Yau Leung: Hong Kong's Henri Cartier Bresson
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:00:08 +0000
References: <CAF8hL-HxSzQe3_uT6n56NU2cUZa919x7kTBKVmVVta_Kdq3d6w@mail.gmail.com> <BDE7AC77-66ED-4227-87CF-622C54FF9F91@frozenlight.eu> <CABmfTOUC0mtefZVaC-gSqQcSac6Atshe=2LzNN10JwBbb4xiKw@mail.gmail.com> <C14DAC65-58C9-45E2-90C8-D5756BF34FC2@frozenlight.eu>

I FEEL it means what we would think of as "backlighting", but gentler, more
numinous perhaps?

Peter

On 14/02/2014 06:45, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I see. He is a well known film director etc. But I still don't see what 
> his special light is.
> Never mind.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> 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
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> On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:41 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:
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>> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=fan+ho&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Xaz9UuGqGoi7kgXkvIHwCQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1360&bih=541
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>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
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>>> No idea what "Fan Ho light" means, but quite compelling pictures indeed.
>>>
>>> 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
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>>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Richard Man wrote:
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>>>> Not sure if he ever got mentioned here, but Ray Tai in HK alerted me to
>>> Yau
>>>> Leung:
>>>>
>>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/timwong/100072543/yau-leung-was-the-chinese-cartier-bresson-why-isnt-he-better-known/
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>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/10/hong-kongs-forg.html
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>>>> I picked up two of his books and they are quite amazing. HCB's Humanist
>>>> approach + Fan Ho light.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
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