TPPhotog
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WOW Thank you kindly! I now have it bookmarked as I think I'll be spending some time on there 😉jaapv said:
Remembering Henry Cartier-Bresson
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Bertram2
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peter_n said:
Peter,
If you will find one day a book of Brassai ,Ronis, Izis, Doisneau, Boubat and some other of his collegues living at the same time in the same town, and if you will detect then how poetic and passionated their contribution was to the "Photographie Humaine" then you will first understand how excellent HCB's self - marketing really was ! 😀
Nevertheless I like him and his work, at least the very most of it !
Regards,
Bertram
peter_n
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Thanks! I ordered the book! 🙂wblanchard said:
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wblanchard
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peter_n said:
Me too...I bookmarked it the other day, then saw your comments today and remembered it. 🙂
TPPhotog
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This is another book that may be of interest, I love it 🙂
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/photography/all/facts/03851.htm
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/photography/all/facts/03851.htm
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wblanchard
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Too many books to read.....i'm drowning here. I just ordered TPP's suggestion. Now stop it..all of you. My wife will be mad.
Oh, here is a good one: http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/genius.html
Oh, here is a good one: http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/genius.html
TPPhotog
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Ahhhhh Ed Weston, another master 🙂
Bertram2
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TPPhotog said:
I own it and I strongly recommend it ! Taschen makes phantastic photo books, affordable, multilingual and with an excellent print quality !
There is anew one of Brassai too, same standard !
Bertram
peter_n
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Yes Bertram I am aware that I have a lot of education ahead of me. 🙂 With respect to HCB's business acumen, I also feel the same way about Sebastião Salgado, another photographer I admire.Bertram2 said:
TPPhotog
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Thank you I have that one bookmarked already 🙂 Me thinks I spend too much time on the web or reading books, but it's the wet weather we have over here LOL 😀 :bang:wblanchard said:
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TPPhotog said:
wet weather? does this mean you won't have a photo-a-week image for this week? 😀
solane
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i've always admired HCB among many other photographers but i don't know a lot about his methodology or lack of it. can anyone recomend a good book about his life and work?
solane
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wow! there's been a bunch of books listed in the time it took me to refresh my page. sorry for the redundant question!
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Roman
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About HCB and Leica glow: IIRC he used a screwmount Zeiss Sonnar for his later work - no wonder that there is no glow (I think I will have to check out the Sonnar bokeh on some of his later shots, though) - not that this would matter in any way to his photography.
BTW, I also like Kertesz much more thatn HCB...
Roman
BTW, I also like Kertesz much more thatn HCB...
Roman
Bertram2
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backalley photo said:
Probably this comes close to the truth, soem do lookcropped, tho I think that the fact that he used 50mm mostly in the early years forced him to concentrate strongly anyway.
One of the reasons I prefer 50mm over 35mm if I really do not NEED the wide angle.
The 50mm does not allow the care-free use of a 35mm, which feels comfortable while shooting but often turns out as having been too wide when you watch your results later. The 50mm forces you to crop BEFORE you shoot , at least in my personal perception.
Regards,
Bertram
On short distances he later used a 35mm too btw, even for portraits.
MCTuomey
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I enjoy and admire HCB's photographs, and can't help but appreciate his curmudgeon-like posture, whether he's making social commentary or aesthetic pontifications.
But I'm awe-struck and outright prostrated by Kertesz's work. IMHO, the camera yields something close to brushstrokes in his hands. No one I know seems to have the texture, the depth and richness, that he produces. It's a constant throughout his work, no matter the subject. I think his photos pass beyond qualities like sharpness or contrast or what-have-you, at least as these terms are used commonly to describe photographs.
But I'm awe-struck and outright prostrated by Kertesz's work. IMHO, the camera yields something close to brushstrokes in his hands. No one I know seems to have the texture, the depth and richness, that he produces. It's a constant throughout his work, no matter the subject. I think his photos pass beyond qualities like sharpness or contrast or what-have-you, at least as these terms are used commonly to describe photographs.
TPPhotog
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Towards the end of his life HCB freely admitted that some of his work was cropped to remove distractions at the edges or "too much" out of focus elements. He always insisted that his work was printed to 1:1.5 format to maintain the 35mm un-cropped look. As already said he never printed his own work as he wasn't interested in that side of photography. Sometimes I wish I was rich enough to have my own pet printer 😉
TPPhotog
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Good point Floyd, for me it was Picture Post and other than cameras those are what I have started collecting in more modern times 🙂
aizan
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a copy of 'the decisive moment' just went for $210 on ebay live auctions. it was estimated much, much higher so i didn't tune in. doh! maybe the server went down and interfered.
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