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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Good books on photography (OT)

2007-07-27 by Peter Oksen

Thanks a lot to all for the answers to this admittedly impossible question.
As said I don�t expect to get an answer, but am merely looking for sources
to better understand what makes a photo tick. I enjoyed a lot the Wessel
video � thanks � and like his photos. Many are quite Cartier-Bresson like
and dependent on this magical moment which exactly produces this WOW effect
f.ex. the Santa Barbara 1977 photo of the man watching the dows fly �
fantastic. And then again there is a good example of what I don�t
understand. Have a look at Wessel�s gallery site � HYPERLINK
"http://renabranstengallery.com/wessel.html"http://renabranstengallery.com/w
essel.html  - there�s a photo in the Las Vegas serie of the parking lot or
road called Las Vegas no.3 from 2000 (top right). Could someone please
explain to me why this deserves a place there? Actually most of the Las
Vegas serie are the kind of photos that I sometimes also shoot, but would
most likely discard as being un-interesting or even boring. Please
understand I am not flogging Wessel here � I am merely trying to understand
something that really puzzles me.

Regards,

Peter


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