Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lenswork Magazine
From: Matthew Powell <mlpowell@directvinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 21:46:46 -0600

On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 09:24 PM, bdcolen wrote:
> And, btw, while Salgado may record human misery, I would disagree with
> the contention that human misery is his subject almost exclusively.
> Certainly the poor of the world are his subjects almost exclusively, but
> he records many moments of joy, satisfaction, normal human interactions,
> and not just misery.

And to not do so would be dehumanizing the subject. That, I'd say, is 
pure propaganda of the worst kind - pitying the poor, rather than 
recognizing them as individuals in a bad situation.

> B. D.

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