Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard I knew some good would come from my recent generosity in the collection plate. Even the damn clouds are in identical formations. Too much cogitation and too little evidence. Any one who has worked an interview knows the ease of proving their original point of view. Especially, when dealing with such antiquities. Where the hell are Scully and Mulder when we need them? :-) Walt Howard Ritter wrote: > Strange that the the writer's painstaking research and cogitation > weren't accompanied by even a passing question about how ONE > photographer happened to snap the shutter at the moments of the deaths > of TWO different soldiers within a few minutes at the VERY SAME SPOT > on a hillside. Not a word of skepticism on this point! Uncritical > acceptance of this most improbable coincidence is inadequate, > irresponsible journalism. > > To my mind, the second and lesser-known photograph is prima facie > evidence of several iterations of a staging. Unfortunately, this piece > does nothing to resolve the controversy. > > --howard > > > On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:31 AM, Tarek Charara wrote: > >> There was this essay posted here a few months ago: >> >> <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capa_r.html> >> >> For whatever it's worth... :^) >> >> All the best from the south of France! >> >> Tarek > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >