Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> on 8/13/01 10:14 AM, Dave Jenkins at djphoto@vol.com wrote: > >> On >> some levels "The Americans" may be a great piece of work. Undeniably, it >> has been seminal in its effects and undoubtedly did cause some americans >> to think differently about their country. Which is unfortunate, because >> the book is essentially a lie about America. >> >> As is Avedon's book "In the American West." John Brownlow says: > you think they're lies because they don't reflect the America you know? > > Is this is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in the glass, or Caliban > NOT seeing his own face in the glass? > > Just curious John, what is it you are trying to say here? sl