[LRflex] Re: question for Ted Grant or anyone if they know t


On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:29 AM, LEICAFLEX wrote:


Dear Ted and Marc,
I interpret Ted's adage as a reminder that color may distract the
viewer from the emotive, graphic message that the photographer is
trying to convey, but Marc has also shown that color can add to the
mood and drama if used in the .... eh.... right light.
Perhaps at one point we have to agree that regardless of medium, a
photograph can also be a reflection of the photographer's own "soul"?


I would argue that this statement is always the case Eric...
a photo is always a miniscule selection of reality chosen by the photographer...
as such it is a (carefully made) selection in time, space, content, mood, cropping...
thought of in these terms, one realizes that a photo often tells you more about the photographer than it does of the subject... 


Steve




At any rate, these are my humble attempts at B&W of people, more
photojournalistic than portraits:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/ThirdEye/FH000005archive.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/ThirdEye/Blessings01Archive.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Java/Umbrella_Seller_B_W.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Java/Happy_to_be_under_the_umbrella_B_W.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Scenes-from-Beijing-and-Shanghai/Forward_Kick.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Scenes-from-Beijing-and-Shanghai/Good_Wine_Conversation_Web.jpg.html
Finally here is yours truly masquerading as a Taoist fortune teller :-)! 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Leicaflex/Scenes-from-Beijing-and-Shanghai/DSC00078_B_W.jpg.html

Comments and critics always welcome!

Cheers,
Eric

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From: Ted Grant <mailto:tedgrant@xxxxxxx>

To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:09 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: question for Ted Grant or anyone if they know the 
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Hi Dave,

Yes it's mine and it's this way:


"When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.

But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!"


Mine for a great number of years.

Thanks for asking and your compliment. :-)

ted
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