Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too find the whole fashion and fashion photo business highly offensive. Its practitioners are the most potent arm of the marketing of overpriced useless trinkets (something none of us Leica users know anything about, eh -- we whose expenditures stem from our totally rational needs). While there are still millions of children in this world who own no shoes, the idea of the expense and trouble expended to get folks over here to spend a thousand dollars on some piece of cut and stitched flimsy material is utterly sickening. Call me a bleeding heart. Make my day. A recent TV documentary here told the story of some teenage boy from rural prairie Canada who was pursuing a career as a runway model. What was depicted sure looked like a ridiculous life, and something I would not want my children involved with. However, I have no hesitation is saying that the best fashion photogs are conceptual geniuses, masters of lighting and form. They would deserve major kudos, if only they'd use their talents for good, not evil. ;-) Emanuel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html