Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, It's true, people see a camera almost as an offensive weapon. Lluis > El 15 nov 2021, a les 14:25, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> va escriure: > > Sabine Weiss is the same age (97) as my mother, and it seems incredible to > me that people would be so aggressive to an elderly woman, but then again > these are modern times - so full of fear, misunderstanding, and fomented > hate. > > I hesitate to take pictures of children on the street nowadays using a > camera, even though it is legal to take photos in a public place in > Ireland. Funnily, people don't seem so bothered about mobile phone cameras > or security cameras. Traditional cameras stand out too much, so maybe I > should revert to my IIIc. > > Douglas > > On 15/11/2021 12:21, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: >> Peter, >> >> On Instagram there are several short videos in which Sabine Weiss >> expresses very well the different street life today, just as she says >> there were not all the things that children have now, so the street was >> the place to meet and play, even today I perceive a big difference >> between the pictures I took in the 90s, even early 2000s and now, and as >> you very well say, leaving aside the privacy issues. >> Sabine Weiss says that recently at the Gare du Nord in Paris she saw a >> little girl with a sad attitude leaning on a railing, took out her little >> digital camera and took a picture. She was approached by some men who >> told her that if it wasn't for the fact that she was a senior citizen >> they would smash her face in. >> This is the world we live in, Ramon Massats a great Catalan photographer >> said it a long time ago, to take pictures of children you have to go to >> the "Third World?. >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 15 nov 2021, a les 12:07, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >>> va escriure: >>> >>> Yes, there's a big difference between now and then. Street photographs >>> today show something very different from life as it was then. But we >>> have moved on and changed our way of life. In many big cities you simply >>> wouldn't let your kids play outside in the way that I and I suspect many >>> other LUGgers did. >>> >>> There's even a perceptible difference between the images that you took >>> in the 90s and those that you take today, even those that are less >>> digitally-orientated than this one. >>> >>> And that's before we get into issues of privacy and so on. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> PS I hope Sabine appreciates it! >>> >>> >>> On 12/11/2021 18:43, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: >>>> I took it thinking about the words that Sabine Weiss usually says, she >>>> says that with the evolution we have lost the street life that was in >>>> the 50's and 60's, as you say it is a contribution to show the change >>>> that I feel satisfied with. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much Don >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>>> El 12 nov 2021, a les 15:13, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> va escriure: >>>>> >>>>> A solid addition to your record of street life through the years. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 6:37 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at >>>>> leica-users.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2021F100509.jpg.html> >>>>>> Fuji 645 Wide 60, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>>>>> >>>>>> Saludos cordiales >>>>>> Lluis >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Don >>>>> don.dory at gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dr. Peter Dzwig >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information