Comments on: About the choice of lenses http://www.japanexposures.com/2005/03/24/about-the-choice-of-lenses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=about-the-choice-of-lenses a personal introduction to Japanese photography Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john http://www.japanexposures.com/2005/03/24/about-the-choice-of-lenses/comment-page-1/#comment-335 john Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unicircuits.com/?p=250#comment-335 Did you copy that off the post on photo.net? I'd be happy to make you a photocopy of the entire article.. that gem above is one of many in about 10 pages of his cut to the core brilliance. Did you copy that off the post on photo.net? I’d be happy to make you a photocopy of the entire article..
that gem above is one of many in about 10 pages of his cut to the core brilliance.

]]> By: Dirk http://www.japanexposures.com/2005/03/24/about-the-choice-of-lenses/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Dirk Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unicircuits.com/?p=250#comment-336 John, yeah, I would LOVE the whole thing!! John, yeah, I would LOVE the whole thing!!

]]> By: john http://www.japanexposures.com/2005/03/24/about-the-choice-of-lenses/comment-page-1/#comment-337 john Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unicircuits.com/?p=250#comment-337 My photo teacher in Nebraska used to teach a while back in Florida, and Winogrand came to his school for a few days. Winogrand, my teacher and a bunch of students went on out to the beach to shoot some photos-- and Dave (my teacher) said that (this is the very early 1980s) Winogrand was walking with a cane- but to the cane he added a wrist strap so that when he took a picture, he could instantly bring his camera to his eye and shoot without having to set his cane somewhere. As they were shooting Dave said that his friend asked him what he thought of Winogrand's shooting techinque, to which Dave replied, " I haven't seen him take a picture yet!". In that, Winogrand worked so quickly it was hard to tell what he was doing. Another time Dave said he was at a lecture that Winogrand was giving, and He was talking about his printing techniques: He would expose the paper at home, and bring it to school. Then he would get the largest tray he could find and pour in the developer. Then he tossed in 50 work prints at a time. I think that this was also referenced in one of his books somewhere.. Have you seen Winogrand 1964 yet? How about Arrivals and Departures? I picked up The Animals and Public Relations at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku for about 3000 yen each. My folks are in town till the 2nd, but after that we ought to meet in Kashiwa and I can give you the article. For a while I was reading it a few times a week. Winogrand is so brilliant in his word choice and simplicity in speaking about photography. Nothing flowery or romantic about it in his words.. My photo teacher in Nebraska used to teach a while back in Florida, and Winogrand came to his school for a few days. Winogrand, my teacher and a bunch of students went on out to the beach to shoot some photos– and Dave (my teacher) said that (this is the very early 1980s) Winogrand was walking with a cane- but to the cane he added a wrist strap so that when he took a picture, he could instantly bring his camera to his eye and shoot without having to set his cane somewhere. As they were shooting Dave said that his friend asked him what he thought of Winogrand’s shooting techinque, to which Dave replied, ” I haven’t seen him take a picture yet!”. In that, Winogrand worked so quickly it was hard to tell what he was doing. Another time Dave said he was at a lecture that Winogrand was giving, and He was talking about his printing techniques: He would expose the paper at home, and bring it to school. Then he would get the largest tray he could find and pour in the developer. Then he tossed in 50 work prints at a time. I think that this was also referenced in one of his books somewhere..
Have you seen Winogrand 1964 yet? How about Arrivals and Departures? I picked up The Animals and Public Relations at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku for about 3000 yen each.

My folks are in town till the 2nd, but after that we ought to meet in Kashiwa and I can give you the article. For a while I was reading it a few times a week. Winogrand is so brilliant in his word choice and simplicity in speaking about photography. Nothing flowery or romantic about it in his words..

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