Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, sure was! Communism brought on all sorts of depravities. Whenever I see Dr. Strangelove, I always think of Henry Luce, when the scenes with Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper come up. S. Dimitrov > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:21:07 -0400 > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Shakleton Photos Faked > > Yes. Am I wrong in thinking that that is an image of two East German > soldiers, hands linked, jumping the barbed wire into West Germany - as > opposed to something having to do with supposed homosexuality? LIFE was > never a photo gallery - it was about stories. And yes, it was about > stories about the "American way of life," and yes, Luce was a dedicated > anti-communist cold warrior. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Slobodan Dimitrov > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 9:22 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Shakleton Photos Faked > > > And, needless to say, the reason d'?tre for LIFE, as an instrument of > the Cold War, was the portrayal, or the selling, of a way of life. One > of my favorites of LIFE's mistruths came from Arnold Newman. During a > lecture/presentation he spoke about the famous Igor Stravinsky image at > the piano. It was assigned by LIFE, but not used for the week it was > done for. Apparently it got booted for another image, two East German > soldiers holding hands, while on guard duty at the Berlin Wall. Need I > say more! S. Dimitrov > > > >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:23:46 -0400 >> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Shakleton Photos Faked >> >> What Smith did was, by today's standards, inexcusable. BUT - he was >> not operating under today's standards: he was working in an era in >> which standards were much different. Look through a pile of old LIFE's > >> and you will quickly see that the 'golden days' of PJ were days of the > >> set up shot.... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of Dan C >> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:41 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Shakleton Photos Faked >> >> >> And even in more recent times, W. Eugene Smith was known to alter some > >> of >> his photos for artistic sense. And many of his photo essay's were >> setups. >> But the bottom line was that he was not depicting a lie. His photos >> showed Doctor Schweitzer doing what he actually did in real life, >> Smith just wanted the photos to look a bit better. >> >> -dan c. >> >> At 02:20 PM 22-08-04 -0400, Emanuel Lowi wrote: >>> Remember too that there was a tradition of photo >>> humbuggery established before the days of yellow >>> journalism. There were pictures haunted with ghosts & >>> people posed with props or dressed up in strangers >>> clothes, for effect. >>> >>> Exposure times were long and the gear cumbersome -- >>> none of this zippy whiz-bang digital ease, eh ;-) >>> >>> So they made sure the picture looked "right," even >>> though it was "wrong." Plus ?a change... >>> >>> Emanuel Lowi >>> Montreal >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> _ >>> Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information