Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The term "self-censored" would be the one used in this case. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: sam <sam@osheaven.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT- War Photography >Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 9:37 AM > > Chris, since your original message stating that the picture had been > banned (with it's implication that it was a government action) a number > of people have merely attempted to correct the notion that the U.S. > government banned that photo from being seen. That's real. Individual > editors may not use photos they have a problem with, but one would > hardly blame the government for that. I'm not even sure it serves a > serious purpose to frequently print such photos. I saw the picture in > question and it in no way made me "understand" the consequences of war > better than had I not seen it. I know that people die in war, that they > get burned and blown-up. It might even be a flaw with some > photojournalist to think that such photos have intrinsically more merit > than photos of more mundane matter. > > Sam S > > > > Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote: >> Yea, sure there is no official way, i.e., via fiat, yet some photos just > can't be published somehow, at least usually no more then once. The > severed hand in the Post after 9/11, the guy falling from the towers, all > quickly removed from mass public consumption. Please, lets be real here. >> >> Chris Saganich >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Welch >> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 4:54 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT- War Photography >> >> Sam, >> >> You would be correct. There is no way to ban a photo in the U.S. short >> of it being child pornography. >> >> On Dec 14, 2003, at 9:50 AM, sam wrote: >> >> >>>Chris, I beleive you misspoke when you said the photo had been banned >>>in the US. >>> >>>Sam S >>> >>> >>> >>>Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote: >>> >>>>>From the first Iraq campaign I never forgot the photo of the >>>>>soldiers frozen and burnt in place >>> >>>trying to escape from his armored vehicle. This photo was banned in >>>the US, but a similar one >>>has reappeared in Aperture this quarter. I was at once shocked that a >>>weapon we have could have >>>such an effect, I discovered that the culprit more then likely was the >>>use of depleted uranium tipped shells. >>> >>>>Chris Saganich >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >> >> Eric >> Calsbad, CA >> >> "In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, >> 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'" - Dostoevsky >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> >> >> ===================================================================== >> >> Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be >> privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under >> applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended >> recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this >> message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >> reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this >> communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If >> you have received this communication in error, please notify the >> sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting this >> message, any attachments, and all copies and backups from your >> computer. >> >> -- >> 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html