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Chris:

As usual, a great job and the joy of knowing there are a few left of us with good taste and professionalism.

God Speed

Chris:

As usual, a great job and the joy of knowing there are a few left of us with good taste and professionalism.

God Speed

Chris:
Nice job man………………………finding the range!
Regards Tony E

Chris:
Nice job man………………………finding the range!
Regards Tony E

Hey,
Appreciate your efforts. Have no doubt that street photography is wider and more varied (and ambiguous) and open to interpretation than most other “categories” of photography. Yet we know it when we see it. And those of us who practice this form/style/way of shooting, and who spend much of our photographic energies engaged in doing street photog, appreciate just how difficult and subtle and subjective this practice really is. Nobody does street work to make money. In that sense it is has a kind of honesty (?) and openness associated with it. Especially when you consider how difficult it is to do it well, how much time and effort it takes to produce consistent work of high quality. There is some luck and serendipity and coincidence involved (as with life itself), but these won’t carry you very far without patience and discipline and commitment and, above all — practice. But beware the puddles…falling in love with one’s own image is an occupational hazard. Absolutes are are also fraught with danger. Only Leica…only film…only this way as opposed to that way…only rangefinders….Over time and with age, after so many meals where crow was the main dish, we learn (one hopes) to remain a bit more open. Flexible. I love and use Leicas. And Voigtlanders. And Canons old and new. Lately, tho, I’ve been paring down. Simplifying. One Leica MP with an M3. Two lenses. 6 rolls of film — 4 BW, 2 color. And a P&S digital w/ full manual capability. It all fits around my neck and on my shoulder and in my pants and shirt pockets. I sometimes carry a small Domke shoulder bag if I want to be less conspicuous about having more than one camera. The bag is so beat I think people are afraid to sit next to it on the bus or subway, (tho a friend recently told me my bag was conspicuously and stylishly beat/worn, like pre-faded jeans with factory-made holes in the knees…you can’t win for losing so I’ve given up worrying much about how I look except insofar as it impedes my work, my practice. My point, if I have one, is that purity is good, but not at the expense of flexibility, open-mindedness, awareness, and humility-humbleness.
Keep up the good work. You are clearly skilled. Committed. Talented.
Best,
cisco

Hey,
Appreciate your efforts. Have no doubt that street photography is wider and more varied (and ambiguous) and open to interpretation than most other “categories” of photography. Yet we know it when we see it. And those of us who practice this form/style/way of shooting, and who spend much of our photographic energies engaged in doing street photog, appreciate just how difficult and subtle and subjective this practice really is. Nobody does street work to make money. In that sense it is has a kind of honesty (?) and openness associated with it. Especially when you consider how difficult it is to do it well, how much time and effort it takes to produce consistent work of high quality. There is some luck and serendipity and coincidence involved (as with life itself), but these won’t carry you very far without patience and discipline and commitment and, above all — practice. But beware the puddles…falling in love with one’s own image is an occupational hazard. Absolutes are are also fraught with danger. Only Leica…only film…only this way as opposed to that way…only rangefinders….Over time and with age, after so many meals where crow was the main dish, we learn (one hopes) to remain a bit more open. Flexible. I love and use Leicas. And Voigtlanders. And Canons old and new. Lately, tho, I’ve been paring down. Simplifying. One Leica MP with an M3. Two lenses. 6 rolls of film — 4 BW, 2 color. And a P&S digital w/ full manual capability. It all fits around my neck and on my shoulder and in my pants and shirt pockets. I sometimes carry a small Domke shoulder bag if I want to be less conspicuous about having more than one camera. The bag is so beat I think people are afraid to sit next to it on the bus or subway, (tho a friend recently told me my bag was conspicuously and stylishly beat/worn, like pre-faded jeans with factory-made holes in the knees…you can’t win for losing so I’ve given up worrying much about how I look except insofar as it impedes my work, my practice. My point, if I have one, is that purity is good, but not at the expense of flexibility, open-mindedness, awareness, and humility-humbleness.
Keep up the good work. You are clearly skilled. Committed. Talented.
Best,
cisco

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