Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm simply curious about how work like Salgado's (or HCB's, or Capa's, or >Smith's, etc., etc.) somehow or other passes from the sphere of committed, >humanitarian photography intended ideally for mass distribution into that >of the art gallery, museum and coffee table book, aimed at a limited, but >well-defined market. Perhaps it's just a characteristic of western society, >which tends to relate to the world in consumerist terms, perhaps it's >something more, I don't know. It's a question that I find both troubling >and interesting, and am happy to see it addressed here on the list. > >Guy To support themselves, I suspect. Read the latest edition of Digital Journalist. (http://digitaljournalist.org/) Henry