I saw some black and white masters' original prints at a gallery in santa fe this summer...the thought of that photoraphy making me yawn doesn't make sense to me anymore...my gallery submission this week is a half-assed attempt to try and do something amazing as well...perhaps it's my inability that drives me --- SteveS <sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Interesting observation. You're not alone. After > coming to the same > realization just a couple years ago, the exception > being Brett Weston's > landscapes; I lean toward Eugene Atget's > photography. Important > archetecture, only when the light is unusual, and > 'sign of the times' people > on the [significant] streets. > > He'd set up his [4X5] pointed and focused, stand on > the street [corner] and > wait for whatever crossed into the frame before > firing the shutter. He'd > stand and while friends would come up and chat, he > kept his eye on the > chosen scene, frame in his mind -- I guess you could > say pre-expoosure, heh, > heh pre-visualized -- and make the exposure when > something happened. Then, > pick up the camera and move to another spot. > > I tried that in Carmel. Tourists and especially, > tourists with their > doggies make for fun pictures. Even then, it seemed > like all I got were > frame fillers. You know, those cutsie pictures you > see in a frame in the > frame shops. > > Many of the great photographers see Ansel's pictures > -- 40,000 proofed > negatives -- as calander/postcard pics; but the > spectacular ones, while > fewer that greater, are truely icons of photography. > Not withstanding his > advancements on the techniques of photography. > > All too often, after some time, we all get the > 'ho-hum' about our art. > > Still making pictures, > Steve Shapiro > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Herschel Mair" <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - > Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 11:40 AM > Subject: going back to 4x5 > > > > There's something romantic about hauling out the > old Sinar 4x5 P-Expert > > kit and > > the 50lb tripod, loading another 20 lbs of > film-holders and piling it all > > into > > the jeep in search of the lost landscape.... > > > > Ansel's images filled me with awe over 25 years > ago. I thought he was too > > good > > to be from this planet. I lived, slept and dreamed > the zone system for > > years. I > > taught it with such enthusism too. I'd spend whole > weekends in the > > darkroom > > without sleep and love it > > > > Now I look at those same images and find that I've > grown out of them. I've > > moved on. I don't know when it happened... But I > now look at half of > > Ansel's > > and 70% of my work from the 70's and 80's and ... > YAWN. > > > > They're still a part of me and I apprreciate all > they gave me, but I don't > > know > > if I want to go back there. > > > > > > Herschel Mair > > Head of the Department of Photography, > > Higher College of Technology > > Muscat > > Sultanate of Oman > > Adobe Certified instructor > > > > + (986) 99899 673 > > > > www.herschelmair.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
