Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are absolutely correct about the overall quality of the war photography that this war has produced. Although - I wonder if our reaction does have something to do with the images being in color, rather than in black and white. There have been some very strong images, but they have been very few and far between. Of course if we were to go back and look at the bulk of the images from Vietnam from about 1961 to 1975, I doubt you'd be much more impressed than you are by the bulk of the coverage from this war. The reality is that most photojournalism - like most journalism, medical practice, engineering, fiction writing, cooking, etc. etc. etc. - is mediocre at best. Average is average. The reason we remember Capa, Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, David Douglas Duncan, is because their war photography was so clearly better than most. ;-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Summicron1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:47 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica war photos it's an ok picture, nothing major -- i think it says something about how poor the war coverage has been that this picture is getting such a rush -- photographers need to get out more with the troops. The Washington Post yesterday had story and photos by one of its shooters who spent time with a patrol in combat and they are vastly better than this but, for some reason, the major media seem to prefer shots of generals standing in front of podiums. Couldn't have anything to do with fear that showing real combat will turn support for the war, of course, so there must be some other reason. Maybe I'm just a bad judge of news value and shots of generals in front of podiums are really what matter. go figure c trentelman In a message dated 11/16/04 6:38:56 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > > For those of us too young to live through WWII, Korean War, or even > the Vietnam War, what do y''all think of this photo? > > http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/11/15/marine.photo.ap/index.html > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information