Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No Don, it doesn' mean that at all. These are MIT students, not J school or art school students. And of course most of them ae taking it because they think it's going to be easy - little do they know. :-) ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ..... Original Message ....... On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:21:31 -0500 Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: "B.D. "It just means that pj is a dead/dying occupation. Top of the list young "adults who have not acknowledged one of the movers and shakers of "photography. I might have asked about a current major "photographer(Natchaway or your friend of The Big Dig) to get a feel whether "they were interested in the field or just looking for an easy credit. :) " "Brian's daughter is at MIT. If you recall he was off list two years ago "driving her and the stuff to MIT. Wellesly?, hahahaha, you should know "Brian better than that. " "Don "don.dory@gmail.com " " "On 2/11/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: "> "> How's this for depressing? Thursday night I handed out a "pop quiz" to the "> first meeting of my MIT doc photo/pj class. It was ridiculously simple, "> and "> was designed to give me a way to throw out anyone I needed to throw out "> because I always have too many kids sign up. One question was: "> "> 2. Who coined the phrase ?the decisive moment?? "> A. Susan Sontag "> B. Mathew Brady "> C. Henri Cartier-Bresson "> D. None of the above "> Only THREE of 19 MIT students got it right - and I think they were "> guessing, "> because not one of the kids later acknowledged being familiar with HCB's "> work. Further, NOT ONE knew what Magnum was. Oh, most frequent guess on "> question 2? Susan Sontag. :-( "> "> Fookin kids! :-( "> "> B. D. "> "> "> On 2/11/06 9:37 AM, "Craig Schroeder" <craig@craigschroeder.com> wrote: "> "> > "> >>> "> >>> "> >>> Like I said , it's far more important to be where these events happen, "> >>> otherwise you never have the opportunities to capture the pictures. "> >>> "> >> "> >> I've always thought the phrase: "f8 and be there" summed this up rather "> >> nicely. "> >> "> >> Emanuel "> >> "> >> "> > At my age, it's, F-what and be where? "> > "> > _______________________________________________ "> > Leica Users Group. "> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information "> "> "> "> "> _______________________________________________ "> Leica Users Group. "> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information "> " "_______________________________________________