Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I don't get to read this list very often, but always enjoy it whenever I get > a chance to see it. The comments on the photo of the Rabbi and the coffin > caught my eye, so I had to have a look. And you know -- > > This is a great photo. It is filled with mystery. Why is the rabbi sitting > there apparently just holding his book and not conducting a service? Is he > early and waiting for mourners to arrive? Is he on time, but no one has > shown up. And if this is the case, why was the decedent so unpopular? Who is > in the coffin and what did he or she do in life? Does this photo teach us > that this is what happens if we don't practice the Golden Rule? > > Terrific photo -- and nicely done! > > Carl > Carl -- Thank you very much for looking and your comments. sl > >> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:31:51 -0400 >> From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] PAW wk31/sl : >> >> Well, I have to - not shockingly - disagree with you. It's a photo of a >> Jewish guy sitting next to a coffin. Doesn't do a thing for me. No >> mystery. Who's in the coffin? A dead guy. There's nothing in the pose, >> the expression on the mourner's face, the composition, that prompts me >> to ask more, or care more. Sorry - but maybe that's why it didn't draw >> any comment. >> >> The other photo, however, is one of those, like that stunner of Bill >> Clough's of the young girl and older guy in the diner, that you could >> inspire any number of short stories. Is she laughing? Is she crying? Did >> he just propose? Are they breaking up? Did he just come on to her and >> she cracked up..."But Bruce, I think of you as a BROTHER!" Are they >> eloping? Or are they just a couple of co-workers having lunch and >> laughing about the boss? Or.... >> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html