p.5 #1 · Optics: What does Leica do better these days?
It's a tempest in a teacup, IMO. Jeez, the wolves have rounded on poor Steve, lol. I'm no fan of his (or anyone else because I know a little about fame and culture shaping) but from what I saw of it, these were very minor alterations, alterations that changed the perception of the image not one whit.
There is a surreal element to the fuss, at first I thought he must have set it up himself, all publicity being good publicity, as they rightly say, and him being a public figure. I think he should have said he just cleaned up the images a little. We live in an age where people do drop-in skies and massive composites, for heavens' sake.
I think a sense of proportion is needed. It's not like the French character Doisneau, who staged the entire production of a famous image:
'French photographer Robert Doisneau staged his iconic 1950 photo Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville (The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville). He hired two aspiring actors, Françoise Bornet and Jacques Carteaud, to recreate a passionate kiss they had shared at a café, capturing the romantic image on a busy Parisian street.'
p.5 #2 · Optics: What does Leica do better these days?
So I imagine Mr McCurry has developed a tough hide after so long in the business, so you'd be hopeful he can deal with the slings and arrows being sent his way.
On an above post, I emailed two paras to LLL outlining my suggestion to produce us a derivative of the recently released Noctilux 35/1.2. Most people just ignore such communications, but I feel better for having done so, and you never know.
