Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I recall, when Mead prevaricated in her writing. Thus, even if she had written it, it would not be ironclad. Jeffery On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:34 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > I'd love to see an actual source for this oft repeated folk tale. > I read a good deal of Mead in college; and don't recall coming across this > "report." > Nor can I find any documentation of it; except as repeated in photo > discussions. > > I question its veracity due to ancient cave art; as well as the level of > abstraction, coupled with a sophisticated sense of proportion, found in > aboriginal artifacts all around the world. > > Can anyone help with citing a Mead source for this legend? > > a note off the iPad, George > > On Aug 14, 2013, at 7:43 AM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > >> When Margaret Mead showed Tahitian natives black and white photographs of >> themselves and their village, they rotated the photos this way and that, >> shook their heads, and handed them back. "Nice designs", they said, "but >> what are they?" Mead then realized that photographs were such >> abstractions that only long experience enables their interpretation. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information