Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the actual content and execution make this an excellent photograph. Even if the rest of us were busy discussing fstops and lens coatings and missed the posting,it's excellent. Walt allen.graves@charter.net wrote: >And I think many would agree that the variety of strong resopnses from the >individual viewers is what makes this a "good" picture. > >Allen > > >--- Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >>>it seems that several of us (myself included) assumed initially from her >>>attire that the woman is a muslim. I >>>also wonder if B.D. would have noticed the image if the woman were not >>>wearing the hajib. >>> >>> >>for me the viewer's response to the photo says more about the viewer than >>about the woman in the picture. For example Tina possibly because of her >>greater experience in the middle east didn't notice the hajib in >>particular, others assumed she's a muslim because of her clothing, and of >>us who assumed she's a muslim the responses included from 'American >>[meaning USA] but not mainstream', 'not American', and 'hostile to >>America', revealing our own experiences and prejudices. >> >> >> >>Doug Herr >>Birdman of Sacramento >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > >