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Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh So Geographic
From: "peter stamos" <pjstamos@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:58:38 GMT

Pretty vacuous photographs were anathema to Socharek too.  "Poseurs," he 
called those with delusions of artistic grandeur.

>From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'"  
><leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: [Leica] Oh So Geographic
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:49:32 -0500
>
>Between 1939 and 1945, "National Geographic" did not publish one article or
>even one photograph regarding the Second World War.  Generally and with 
>only
>rare exceptions, I find the photographs in "Geographic" to be pretty. Very
>pretty and totally vacuous.
>
>	Buzz
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:12 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Howard Sochurek
>
>
>Nice Geographic photos...but how typical of the "Old" Geographic that there
>are no "disturbing" combat photos in an article about the Special Forces in
>Vietnam....Quite a contrast with Requiem..
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of peter
>stamos
>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:04 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Howard Sochurek
>
>
>Although I never met the legendary Howard Sochurek, a confirmed Leica user,
>I've heard many stories about him. While resolution is poor, this is well
>worth a look
>
>http://home.att.net/~specialforceslx/lx_national_geographic.htm
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