An old picture that I've never posted before. I suppose because it's a Parisian cliché that doesn't show much engagement on my part and, hence, reflects how street photography is a "spent force," as David Alan Harvey told me some ten years ago when I met him at a photo festival in Virginia, how many well-known photographers from 20-40 years ago would have a hard time publishing a book "today." Indeed today, I feel the need to justify to myself why I make a B&W in B&W and why I make a color one in color.
What I mean is that much B&W photography today is just too bland B&W, and much color is also too bland — or if not too bland, too vivid. Neither one or the other is expressive enough without the engagement of the photographer, if you know what I mean. Indeed, I was one criticized about B&W image of women walking in the street on a diagonal, which was an apt criticism because of a lack of engagement. While thinking about that, I just came across an excellent flip-through video on a Saul Leiter book, called All About Saul Leiter (the link is to part 1; there is a link to part 2 at the end): .
M9 | Summilux-M 50 pre-ASPH | ISO 640 | f/8.0 | 1/180 sec Paris
No one seemed interested in my philosophical musing in my last post, nor even in the Saul Leiter flip-through video: so no comments from me on this one...
M9 | Elmarit-M 21mm ASPH | ISO 640 | f/11 | 1/350 sec Paris
I was and watched the video as well. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I kept your perspective in mind while I was shooting yesterday.
Mitch Alland wrote:
No one seemed interested in my philosophical musing in my last post, nor even in the Saul Leiter flip-through video: so no comments from me on this one...
