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Subject: Re: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS -Last comment from B.D.
From: chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:41:56 -0700
References: <9DC5E2ABE65BD54CA9088DA3194461D6010C793D@BBY1EXM01>

B.D. might have seen the metro edition, which is put out in NYC. Out here,
we get the national edition, which is pasted up in Chicago and faxed to
printing plants on the West Coast. Content can vary between the
two---obviously, the metro edition has more local coverage.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chefurka" <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 7:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS -Last comment from B.D.


> From a couple of the posts here, it sounds as though people are talking
> about two different Palestinian shots.  The one I saw on the web image of
> the front page was of three armed soldiers dressed in fatigues, being
caught
> under fire.  It sounds like the shot Peter and at least one other person
are
> referring to is the one of the father shielding his young son just before
> they were gunned down by Israeli troops.
>
> Given that you saw this in the hard-copy paper, and I saw what amounts to
a
> scan of the front page, does this mean the NYT puts out more than one
> edition on a given day, with different photos?
>
> Inquiring minds, etc.
> Paul
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Peter A. Klein [mailto:pklein@2alpha.net]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:49 AM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS -Last comment from B.D.
> >
> >
> >B.D.:  I did in fact get the NY Times that day and saw the pictures in
> >question.  I am so upset with the deterioration of the
> >Jerusalem situation
> >that I didn't really see the photo as a photo--I saw it simply
> >as a slice
> >of the event itself, if I'm making sense.  It's hard to think about
> >composition when you know this is the last moment of a child's
> >life.  I did
> >think about what the photo did *not* show.  How did they get
> >there?  Where
> >are the people shooting at each other?
> >
> >The Gore picture was a fun "turning the tables" shot.
> >
> >Now today, I saw news footage of Ralph Nader supporters
> >protesting Nader's
> >exclusion from the debates.  They had covered their mouths
> >with BLACK TAPE!!
> >
> >--Peter
> >
> >
> >--- Peter
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