Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] MLK observance
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Apr 7 09:41:25 2008
References: <1be504db0804070934r123df7c2o7c92591cc34687fb@mail.gmail.com>

On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Phil Swango wrote:
> Parker Haeg wrote:
> Mr Swango-
> I spent the afternoon with Steve B. and we were both commenting on how
> powerful your photos are.  I showed the photos to my eight year old,  
> as we
> listened to the full recording of MLK's final speech, and when I  
> looked over
> at her, she had tears streaming down her face.  Good photos elicit  
> emotion,
> great photos dredge up the deep emotions of shared humanity.
> They really capture what appears to be the shocked dismay of people.
> Thank you so much for posting-
> Parker
> ====================
>
> Thanks for your kind comments, Parker.  You caught me off-guard for  
> a moment
> because I had never considered that the pictures might be seen by  
> young
> people who would not have had any experience of the times.  Your  
> description
> of viewing them with your daughter made me think of the one photo in  
> the set
> that shows a white father with his own young daughter, whom he had  
> brought
> to witness the march.  I'm betting she remembers it to this day.   
> You can't
> do any better than that as a parent.


Phil ...Parker's daughter is a brilliant , aware 8 year old... it's a  
tribute to your images and to MoMo that she was so moved...


your  photos are terribly moving, even haunting,  Steve


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