Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photographer of the Century
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:12:52 +0000
 
At 07:43 PM 1/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
>There are many ways to judge the photographers who have been mentioned. 
>I'll offer one:
>
>The Photographers of the Century  are those famous - - and unknown - - men 
>and women who took their cameras and themselves directly into Harm's Way 
>to photograph the horrible impact of war on our armed forces and the 
>civilians who were caught in the ruthless crossfires. The images that 
>spread daily across our newspapers and magazines from WWII, Korea, the two 
>Israeli conflicts and Vietnam ( especially those of the Marine at Da Nang) 
>were caught by photographers who risked their lives to record those 
>conflicts. Many were either killed or wounded. All had the basic guts and 
>fortitude to capture the essence of war. It's one thing to be a superb 
>photographer. It's another to willingly risk your life to record history
>
>Just my two cents
>
>George
Not a bad suggest....