Shel wrote: As opposed to assholes with macros taking closeups of bugs and flowers with (D)SLR's that only show a portion of the frame?
REPLY: Thse assholes are at least not pretentious assholes claiming they make a statement socially, or about the meaning of life and the fate of the universe with their contentsless and boring images. Don't get me wrong, HCB was a fantastic photographer but his followers into the "street photography" thing has created the most clich�-filled body garbage in photography. Shooting someone poor and you suddenly made a social statement. Give me a break! Even dirty porn pictures makes more relevant statements. Give me a sunset any day. It doesn't pretend anything. P�l
