Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LoL Steve got it right about HCB's prose (I'm a native of HCB's language) and I think there was something in your photo to be shown and shared :-) Amities from Hcb's (mine in fact) country. Philippe Le 7 janv. 15 ? 18:27, Steve Barbour a ?crit : > >> On Jan 7, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I think HCB would be rolling over in his grave if he saw this. A >> prime >> example why I am not a good people photographer. I just can't seem >> to find >> that decisive moment. > > > the "decisive moment", as clever and commonly accepted as it is, is > a fiction, a creation of ? perhaps an editor or publisher...? > > Cartier-Bresson's original title, still used on the French version > of his book.... Images a la Sauvette, means hurried images, or > images taken on the sly, almost stolen, taken without permission. > So Aram, I am sure your photos qualify, perhaps more so, even if > there is nothing particularly decisive about them. Just so long as > they are not posed, and permission was not obtained. > > Now as to the question, of whether if you are to steal an image, which > one should it be ? > > Just as Cartier-Bresson was selective of his hurried images for his > book, the one to show here is our dilemma. > > Perhaps, just getting the intact taco into the mouth qualifies. > > > Steve > > > > > >> >> >> >> Take at Taco Tuesday. >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c4/s/Tacho+Tuesday+1-0125.jpg.html >> >> >> >> And a crop to see the really offending portion of the photo >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c4/s/Taco+Tuesday-0125.jpg.html >> >> >> >> So, I guess, give me some rocks to photograph. At least they will >> hold >> their pose long enough (Geologic time) for me to capture their >> best look. >> >> >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> >> >> Aram >> >> >> >> Aram Langhans >> >> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >> & Unemployed photographer >> >> "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >> himself >> would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE