[rollei_list] Re: rollei Central Park "Gates" Photographs

Eric,

In the words of my NYC friends; " Ya gotta have been there to see
this obscenity in person!"  and; "Photos alone do not do it enough
injustice!".

They all brought the analogy of the Emperor's Clothes.  Some guru
tells you that it is beautiful, and you believe that idiot.

Jerry

Robert Marvin wrote:

> A good question Eric. Perhaps I was expecting too much. I certainly
> enjoyed walking through the park, looking at the gates, photographing
> them, and interacting with other people. I guess that's more than
> enough. I'm planning on returning tomorrow, so "over-rated" might not
> have been the right choice of words.
>
> BTW, my Rolleiflex attracted a fair amount of attention. One women
> asked "is that a Leica?" A young photographer (using a '70s manual SLR
> at least as old as he was) described a Rolleiflex his girlfriend got
> from her grandfather and asked if they could still be used.
>
> Bob Marvin
>
> On Friday, February 25, 2005, at 11:02  PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
> > Re:
> > Some nice shots Bob, though I agree with some of the other comments
> > that you need some distance to get a sense of scale with this massive
> > work, but I'm just curious... If the over-all effect was quite
> > beautiful, and if those viewing it were really happy, and it brought
> > much positive attention and many millions of dollars in much-needed
> > revenues to the city, what about the project is over-rated?
> >

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