Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I know all that stuff. We studied them in journalism school. We knew all the issues that came from their employment and shooting lists, etc. They were greats for their time, and the served their purpose well. Of course, with Republican historical revisionists, it will be considered the worst photography ever done in the history of the world and it only made people poorer. On Nov 21, 2003, at 4:48 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Easy, big guy..:-) I wasn't criticizing the photographers - many of > whom > are among the Greats - or the work, which speaks for itself. I was > simply pointing out that the work IS propaganda, produced for a > government propaganda agency, and needs to be considered on those > terms. > That was NOT what we would today call documentary work or > photojournalism. Eric Carlsbad, CA Associate not with evil men, lest you increase their number. - George Herbert - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html