Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Damn, JD, do NOT confuse me and my observations with those of Joe Sobel!;-) I am not suggesting that the rocks wouldn't be thrown, and the hate wouldn't be hated, if the photographers weren't there. I was simply commenting on how powerful I feel the particular photo is, how it was definitely the best of the so called photos of the week, and how it raises all sorts of fascinating and important issues for discussion - including some of the questions with which Ms. Sontag deals. And not only do I doubt she's ever worn a flack jacket, I doubt she's ever taken a "real" photo...:-) B. D. Johnny Deadman wrote: > on 22/10/00 8:05 pm, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: > > > << Here's the real problem here.....This is THE photo that most accurately > > conveys the reality of the moment, NOT the photo the various shooters - > > including Nachtwey - are making. > > > > Susan Sontag, where are you?;-) > >>> > > > > That was my reaction, as well. Media events are one thing, but violence for > > the benefit of the cameras is something else again. > > > > Joe Sobel > > If anyone really thinks that if the photographers didn't turn up the > israelis and palestinians would just shake hands and go home they have > serious problems with reality. I'm grateful the media are there. The idea > that kids risk bullets to throw stones for the camera is truly bananas. PJs > move in packs like this in these situations for two very simples reasons... > they can watch each other's backs, and the picture is good from there. > > What is almost funny about the above reaction is that no-one stopped to > wonder what was going on where THIS picture was taken from. Was there a big > media pack? I wonder. > > I also wonder if Susan Sontag ever found a helmet and a flak jacket > necessary in the practice of her chosen profession? > -- > Johnny Deadman > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com