Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22

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From: pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:48:16 -0800

Having called him a Communist in the lead, the article is pretty silent 
about any examples, beyond the fact that he photographed poor people in 
many countries. I just *loved* the comment from a reader named 
"NinthLegion":

"I'm not sure that the politics of a photographer has anything to do 
with it - though I'll admit communists generally stop down too much, 
Tories quite often under-expose, while fascists, lets be honest, always 
have difficulty in focusing in low-light portrait shots."

To which "JemWallace" added:
"Agreed: too much black and white. I think fascists have problems with 
shades of grey."

If you'd like to actually see some pictures from the exhibit, see here, 
pop-up arrows are on the left and right of the picture to go forward and 
back:
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303704304579380561990115336#1>

--Peter :-)

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http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/20/henri-cartier-bresson-exhibition-pompidou-centre-communist
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