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Subject: [Leica] can lousy photography provide a powerful document?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon Jan 19 12:50:54 2009
References: <FD0CDCAB-397B-4DAC-BC0E-2588092048A0@mac.com> <C926A165C3334D55933D033C4407D726@precisionm50>

You made me laugh out loud
alone in my office, Bob.
Thank you - I really needed that.

I agree that the photo story
has some serious power
in spite of adverse conditions
and less then impressive "technical" achievement.
It seems clear that this "journalist"
had something worth saying and did so.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07




On Jan 19, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Bob W wrote:

> It looks like quite good photography to me. It all depends on how  
> you define
> 'lousy' and 'good' and suchlike words. If the picture conveys the
> photographer's intentions, it's a successful picture. That, of course,
> doesn't imply that any viewer will actually like it. For further  
> details,
> see Dehumanizing portraits?
>
> Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+leica=web-options.com@leica-users.org] On
>> Behalf Of George Lottermoser
>> Sent: 19 January 2009 17:45
>> To: Group Users Leica
>> Subject: [Leica] can lousy photography provide a powerful document?
>>
>> <http://www.michaelyon-online.com/images/pdf/panjwai_pics.pdf>
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>
>
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