On 24/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >By contrast, HCB would prowl the streets, waiting to see what came along, >operating with, as far as possible, no expectation or intention. Waiting for >opportunities, and having the skill both to recognise and to capture them, >as Adams did with the moonrise. > >By further contrast, consider some of the most famous photos by Doisneau, >such the Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville. These have the quality we often >associate with snapshots, but in many cases they were carefully planned and >executed - perhaps as carefully as anything that Ansel Adams ever >photographed - so by my definition they are not snapshots.
Unless one read into the background of how these photographers worked, it would be quite possible to assume the vice versa. Which comes back to my point that a single photograph must stand on its own merits. And hence, cannot be judged as a snapshot (or not) at all. Only the photographer will truly know if a photo he/she has taken, is a snapshot. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
