On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, your pix =definitely= do not fall into the "bottomless" genre. They > are excellent.
I was pretty certain you weren't referring to me, but thanks for confirming that. ;-) > Salgado is a great photographer, but is in the "bottomless" genre. Agency > VII has brilliant photographers, most of whom shoot color, but most of their > stuff is in the "bottomless" category too. I was trying to think of someone who I admire that might be "bottomless", and yeah, you're right, Salgado is one of them. His work can be pretty depressing. > W. Eugene Smith shot lots of depressing stuff, but did it with a grace and > style that made it somehow uplifting. Ditto Steve McCurry. Not in the > "bottomless" category. Agreed on both counts. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
