Hi, Tom I don't think we disagree on anything here. <g>
I know you were being somewhat tongue in cheek in your earlier post. I think the example I gave is the exception that proves the rule. I too admire him greatly. cheers, frank T Rittenhouse wrote: > Hey! > > The crusty old guy (HCB) is one of my heroes. If you had seen my photos from > the old days you would have had no doubt of his influence on me. I do, I > admit, tend to be very irreverent about my heroes. > > The fact is his obsevation that the instant selected to push the button is > one of the most important visual controls we have. After all, what makes > still photography different from videography is that we take one tiny slice > out of a time sequence and try to show something universal rather than just > I was there. In fact, especially with people photography, that is the > difference between a great photograph and a snapshot, at least in my mind. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Well, I think you're splitting hairs here Tom. <g> > > > > I guess what I ~should~ have said is that some of his prints were cropped. > > Whether he did it, or his lab guy at Magnum did really doesn't matter, > IMHO. -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
