Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WKs 7,8 Includes picture of new film camera fromFrance
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:05:11 -0500

> Steve,
> 
> I can follow your story and sympathize with its intent, but it is a tall order
to
> ask a potential viewer of the photograph to infer all this from looking at it.
>
> Nathan

Nathan,

Yes I agree with that comment. But, that is how my mind works and the only
reason I take pictures at all is to hopefully tell some kind of story. When
I look at somebodys  photograph I always try to figure out if there is some
purposeful intent behind the picture. Otherwise, why bother.

Steve
Annapolis

>
> Steve LeHuray wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the comment Nathan, but, most of my pictures have some sort of
>> story or message attached. And every time I interpret one of my pictures I
>> seem to get a lot of flames.
>>
>> So here goes. The reason behind this picture, and probably would only be
>> understood by a radical feminist, is look at the woman, she has an uphill
>> climb but she is more than 50% from the beginning. She is behind the man who
>> is at the top. The man appears to be running and is carrying a large box
>> (the baggage of being male in today's society?). So there you have my
>> thinking behind this picture.
>>
>> Steve
>> Annapolis--
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
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