Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD Colen wrote: << If the above is the general view of life in the USofA, then photo journalism, or journalism in general, is failing and failing badly. It is certainly true that the days of riots, mass protests, the emergence of the "counter culture" are far distant - the days of "f 8 and be there." >> - ------------------------------------------- Dear BD: It seems to me that when discussing great images of the past, the period in which these images were taken were historically significant, i.e., great depression, WWII, Viet Nam, etc. Maybe Eric Welch or other pros out there can answer this better than I, but do we need major historical events to produce great photojournalism that 95% of the public will take interest? Arturo