My aunt is married to the son of Will Connell, a well known photographer of
many, many years ago. Will Jr. and I talk a lot about "the Old Man," mostly
because I'm a photographer, too, but also since I've been the middleman for
auctioning off some of the "Old Man's" gear (that which isn't a part of the
collection at the California Museum of Photography).
Connell wrote a few books. One called "About Photography" was published in
1949. I was given a copy by Will Jr. and I enjoyed it thoroughly. A number of
aphorisms stand out. Here's a good one:
"Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. Photography's greatest
handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result,
too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they
have anything to say."
;-)
-Brendan
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