[Leica] photographing the homeless

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

On 20/01/2007, at 10:50, <larry.k@rcn.com> wrote:

>
>   Oh, no, Kyle wasn't being ironic, that would be a "shortcut to  
> meaning" and he
> obviously doesn't take shortcuts to meaning, he takes the long way  
> around.
>
> Larry
>
>
> -----
> Reading what you and Adam have written, it surely cannot be any  
> surprise
> whatsoever that it is said that Americans think irony is a foreign  
> language.
>
> Nick

I learnt long ago NOT to try to be too funny or ironic/sarcastic on  
the e-mail. Different cultures get it all WRONG with Aussie humour  
and so I try mainly to leave it alone. You will also be very quickly  
mis-quoted. Kyle's commandments are "tongue in cheek", and a way of  
reminding us to work harder to achieve good images, not look for  
shortcuts.

I would also think Kyle can look after himself on the web, so lets  
not get into a battle over this one

Cheers

Alastair