> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Bob W

> > From: David Savage
> > > Maybe check out 500px:
> > >
> > > <http://500px.com/popular>
> > >
> > > Some pretty spectacular photography there.
> > >
> >
> > Some beautiful images, but I shouldn't have to re-size my browser to
> > see
> > them.
> 
> the link didn't work for me before, but now that I see them all I see
> is
> endless cliches - a stock catalogue.
> 
> I remember way back before I started taking pictures myself seeing this
> sort
> of thing in photography annuals. The first time you see it it's quite
> impressive, but you don't have to look too hard to see the same
> saccharine
> stuff endlessly regurgitated. No imagination, no originality. That's
> why it
> was such a shock and pleasure when I discovered people like Cartier-
> Bresson
> and Elliott Erwitt.

just by way of comparison, here are some photos today on the BBC website:
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14002351>

B


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