[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex photo among the best- 2010
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:45:59 -0300
The form never could surpass the content in documentary photography,
the content is more significant than the form and the form is a
function of the content.
Carlos
2010/3/1 Marvin <marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Proponents of critical analysis within the visual arts have commented on the
> difference between the square and the rectangle. The square objectifies it
> is argued, whereas the rectangle provides more of a context.
> Marvin.
>
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> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CarlosMFreaza
> Sent: 01 March 2010 23:50
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> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex photo among the best- 2010
>
> I always wrote (and F&H too) that the square format was made to be
> cropped if necessary, sometimes your composition is right for the
> square -BTW nice picture format- and sometimes not. I have seen
> several Sidibé (from Mali) square photographs, others close to square
> and other with rectangular cropping, all taken with his Rolleiflex and
> I could write similar from other Rollei TLR photographers.
>
> Carlos
>
> 2010/3/1 Marvin <marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I have admired Sidibe photographs for some. I was unaware that he used a
>> Rollei since the framing is most often not square. His work is a living
>> documentary of Senegal!
>>
>> Is it not satisfying to hear of his frugality? Consider the worth of the
>> photographic resources in most of Africa?
>>
>> Marvin.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Goldstein
>> Sent: 01 March 2010 21:06
>> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex photo among the best- 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> Relative to a previous thread, note his comment about the virtues of
>> restraint and economy when shooting film...
>>
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
>> --
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:26 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> His Rolleiflex photo won the first prize for "arts and entertainment
>> singles" in this year’s World Press Photo Contest
>>
>> "Malick Sidibé
>> Mr. Sidibé, now in his mid-70s, is a well established figure in Mali
>> and renowned worldwide. Andreas Kokkino, the fashion editor who
>> conceived and styled the spread, has said about working with Mr.
>> Sidibé: “Instead of the usual hundreds and hundreds of frames per shot
>> that I had become accustomed to in this era of digital photography,
>> Sidibé took only two or three frames for every shot. When the shoot
>> was over, he had only shot 22 frames on his Rolleiflex!
>> And one of them was judged to be among the best in the world." :
>>
>> The photograph is the number 14in the NYT blog, it and the others are
>> better seen full screen:
>>
> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/showcase-122/?scp=2&sq=rolleiflex&s
> t=cse
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/yg8t2ky
>>
>> "He who does not set foot in the laboratory is not a photographer"
>> stated Malick Sidibé last year when received a significant prize in
>> Spain.
>>
>> Carlos
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