Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, Its interesting that you mention the photo of the father and daughter. My own daughter has come of age (if you can call 8 coming of age) in the era of Sept 11, Iraq, Iran, Gitmo, Obama. . .etc. We have made a conscious decision to shield her from nothing. I was working hard, photographing demonstrations around the anti-globalization movement when 9-11 happened and was forced through the crack-down to start photographing the pro/anti war movements. My daughter, at the tender age of 2, started going out with me to make photographs. Consequently, she developed a sense of her place in the world pretty early. I could identify with the father and daughter in that shot. I don't mean to take anything away from the African-Americans in photos, but as a white American, I marvel at the bravery of the whites who stood up for what was right when most stood quietly by and did nothing. Parker On 4/7/08, Phil Swango <pswango@att.net> 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 Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >