Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If we're remembering Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, lets remember that they were hired and paid by a propaganda machine as slick as anything dreamed up by the BushWackies. Yes, they produced gorgeous work - but it was NOT documentary photography or photojournalism is any sense that those terms are commonly understood; it was public relations/government propaganda photography commissioned specifically to help get New Deal programs through Congress. God knows I'm glad they did it, but let's not re-write the history of photography here. And I would suggest that we do not hide the impoverished, jobless, or bankrupt farmers until elections role around - I would suggest that no one gives a rat's behind about them and so the work that is done is largely ignored.;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kit McChesney Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:46 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] XXX of the YYY? WAS (something else) (fwd) George Lottermoser pointed out: "we also hide our homeless, our impoverished, our jobless, and our bankrupt farmers up until they become useful photo-ops in an election year - note Iowa." == That's why we need to get out there with our Leicas (or whatever camera you like) and use them as tools to show the world what is really going on. It is neither cynical nor opportunistic to document the reality of injustice and oppression. Remember Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange? Kit - -- 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