No, of course HCB is not beyond criticism. No one is. I recall when news of his death was announced on this list, several said that they just didn't get why he was considered such a great artist, he was little more than a common street photographer.
Hey, to each his own. I think what is interesting in this "critique" is exactly that they weren't criticizing HCB (they didn't appear to know it was his) they were critiquing the photograph. I found it interesting that the most sanctimonious posters were those that criticized the breaking of "rules". They wanted to look at what was "wrong" with the photo rather than look at it as a whole and just see that it worked - spectacularly well imho. I wonder if those same posters, had they known whose photo it was wouldn't have been fawning over it. ;-) If HCB followed all the rules he wouldn't have been who he was. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> Sent: March 14, 2012 3/14/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT - Online critics In a recent thread, many sharply criticized one of the most famous images of AA. Is HCB such a god that he is beyond criticism? Dan -- 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. -- 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.
