Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who was it who posted the picture of the farmer in his field? Mark Pope. Very good and very interesting. The man is such a type that he is a public monoument. In that sense the picture is no different from Nathan's (I think) pictures of Lisbon, which reduced the city to a collection of buildings and statues. Just as hilliness is overstressed to such an extent as to eliminate all other types of scenery, the human life of a country disappears to the exclusive benefit of its monuments. ( Barthes, The Blue Guide) - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 059 303436 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html