Rev., <IMHO> He has captured 'great' moments but in those three pictures that I saw in Washington Times article, nothing was 'decisive' (by that term, I meant they were unlike Henri Cartier-Bresson's decisive moments). May be I should carry my pinhole Altoid cans for any future event photography assignments, I may have the vision to use them but do you think I will be successful by choosing radically different path? I think, I can, if my name is already established, if it is not (as it is in reality) I am doomed for an irrepairable failure. Lot of people 'want' to be different than average crowd, but what really matters in the end is whether that difference made them successful in achieving their imaginations and all I was saying was that a little prior recognition helps. In his case he has successfully achieved the 30s look that he wanted and he had the right mixture of photographic beauty and connections to get them published. </IMHO> achal > Achal, > > You need to reread the article. It's because he can and did record the > "decisive moment" with his Speed Graphics that they were published. > Because the look and feel of the large format photographs is so > different from the "lay on the shutter" get something photographs that > everyone else is getting, Newsweek (?) grabbed up what he sent them. > > Burnett is like everyone else in one thing. He has to be published to > eat and buy more film/equipment and photograph another day. He is > different in that he dared to use the Graphics because he was looking > for something better and remembered the fabulous images of the 20s-50s. > He went for quality instead of quantity. That's why he did it. As > you said, "all that matters is that the images are stunning!" > > Peace! > Sidney > > Achal Pashine wrote: > > > There's an article about it here - > > > >>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/040226.htm - > >>although you may have to wade through some advertising nonsense to get to > > > > it. > > > > Jeff, thanks for providing the link to the article and Alan for pointing to > > the fact. > > WOW, it must be fun to do what Burnett is doing. But, one thing to note is > > that he can 'afford' to do what he is doing, because he is already an > > established PJ. His success does not depend on whether or not, he will be > > able to cover the 'decisive' moment with his speed graphics. He can send the > > images to Time and get them published without any questions. :-) If he were > > a younger person trying to establish himself in today PJ market, he would > > not dare do this (?) Just an observation. Anyway, for a viewer like us, all > > that matters is that the images are stunning! > > achal >
