Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I'm glad we've dispensed with Diane Arbus that easily. I am sure she would speak very highly of your photography as well. On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 04:32 PM, bdcolen wrote: > Amen! > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ken > Firestone > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:26 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] New photos > > > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Ted Grant wrote: > > bdcolen offered: >> I may come across at times as a mean, demented s.o.b, but no way > would I >> EVER do to people what she did to her victims, uh, subjects.:-) >> >> B. D. >> Not A Diane Arbus Fan<<<< > > Hi B.D., > Well you can chalk me up big time as another non-admirer of her > degrading > pictures of unfortunate human beings. Regardless what some people > think are > works of art!:-( > > I've seen her as an opportunist taking advantage of human beings who > were > already being exploited by others and all she did was add to the > exploitation. > > Besides all she did was use the medium of photography to capture the > image > of these unfortunate souls and it didn't take any great photographic > eye or > skill to shoot what she did. Like stand there ... SNAP... next! Not > much > talent required to do that. > > I had a freind once who during a discussion of Ms. Arbus expressed the > opinion that she was crying with her subjects. She was pretty messed > up herself. > > > ======================================================================= > = > ==== > Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution > kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. > ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken > ======================================================================= > = > ==== > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html