Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Home, II
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Thu Apr 3 13:22:33 2008
References: <200804020404.m3244QdC013206@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
Tina wrote:

> I respectfully disagree, Jayanand.  I believe it gives people a
> 
> certain dignity to be photographed.

Relevant to this discussion is a review of Peter and David Turnley's new 
book "McClellan Street":

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/04/the-book-arrive.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/36lars

To quote Mike Johnston's review in pertinent part:

> It's not a sweetened view; these are poor people, and their poverty
> is obvious. But the brothers highlight the individuality and humanity
> of these people in a way that many photographers would do well to
> learn from.


FWIW.

--Bob