Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And do you really think that one photo, or a thousand, can alter the course of history or save even one life? It's a nice idea, but I don't think it works. Arthur Try Eugene Smith's Nurse Midwife essay for Life that brought in some $25k - -- unsolicited -- to build a clinic, or his classic Minamata essay and book that brought the environmental movement to Japan. Photos can be mighty persuasive. Nachtwey's book should be required reading, especially for those who watched Kosovo, Bosnia and the Gulf War on TV and thought we did great stuff -- not to mention the generals and civilian policy makers! carl Photojournalism, Natural History, Historic Documentation 360.943.6049 http://www.halcyon.com/clcook/photowks.htm