Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] a french farmer in his field
From: "Mark Pope" <leica.user@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:27:56 +0100
References: <000f01c269e8$5b088790$c901a8c0@rob>

Rob,

thanks for looking.

Mark
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From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: [Leica] a french farmer in his field


> 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
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