Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 1, 2011, at 8:44 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Jim Shulman SHOWED: > Subject: [Leica] PESO: Arrivistes > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/arrivistes+sm.jpg.html > > Hi Jim, > Man you have to assemble a book of all these strange creatures you > photograph! ;-) > > Sort of like an Elliot Erwitt? ..... "Dog." book collection. :-) > cheers, > ted Sure but... I am hardly a compulsive advocate for those who are anything but icons of beauty, or of slenderness. Still, one has to admit, that photos of people trying to appear more ugly than they already are, or who weigh 200 lbs more than "ideal body weight" inherently tend to be either funny, or demeaning, and sometimes both... there may just be some push back from people who don't find this funny at all... eg here... http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730150,00.html I suspect that such individuals will ultimately demand the same sort of protection from discrimiation that is afforded to other groups based on race, disability, sexual orientation, gender, and age... Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information