Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag
From: jefferys at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue Dec 28 13:58:26 2004
References: <1104264930.41d1bee22fbf3@webmail.mit.edu> <6.1.0.6.2.20041228122625.05e2e8b0@192.168.100.42> <6.1.2.0.0.20041228133335.01d89298@mail.comcast.net> <6.1.2.0.0.20041228133753.01dc5ce8@mail.comcast.net> <76ba89b3041228134955ffaad6@mail.gmail.com> <6.1.2.0.0.20041228145341.01dd45d0@mail.comcast.net>

The big, definitive Capa collection has some of the images from that
book. And Steinbeck's no-nonsense writing is a joy to read. Like
LUGers, those two annoyed the hell out of one another.

Jeffery


On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:54:13 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jeff as we've spoken about before Steinbeck's book with Capa photos is such
> a special little tome - not to be missed.
> 
> ernie
> 
> At 02:49 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
> >Her name has been used in the same sentence as "philosopher". I picked
> >up her book on photography, but haven't read it yet. It got bumped to
> >second place over Steinbeck's Russian Journal on the last plane
> >flight.
> >
> >I guess I will miss her like I will miss Norman Mailer, who is still
> >alive. I think.
> >
> >Jeffery
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:38:37 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> 
> >wrote:
> > > ON second thought I can say a few bad things about the dead - here's a 
> > > few
> > > select quotes for us to ponder:
> > >
> > > http://enitka.com/sontagsayings.html
> > >
> > > ernie
> > >
> > > At 01:35 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
> > > >Richard - let me see which one I have at home - if you want it I can 
> > > >mail
> > > >it to you for the cost of postage - I have never been a fan but of 
> > > >course
> > > >I can't speak poorly of the dead
> > > >
> > > >ernie
> > > >
> > > >enitka1@comcast.net
> > > >
> > > >At 01:28 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
> > > >>Hmm... again, as late starter on this sort of stuff, I often hear
> > > >>criticisms of her writings but actually haven't read anything by her 
> > > >>yet.
> > > >>So if I were to jump in with both feet, which one of her books is the
> > > >>most controversial (for good reasons)?
> > > >>
> > > >>At 12:15 PM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>ELowi just informed us of the death of S. Sontag, writing -
> > > >>>"Love her or hate her, she died today at 71."
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Pedantic, self-important, at times so far off-base she wasn't even 
> > > >>>on
> > > >>>the field.
> > > >>>And yet at times so brilliantly insightful one cannot escape reading
> > her.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I don't know that she will be missed. But she will be remembered.
> > > >>
> > > >>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> > > >>please
> > > >>use richard at imagecraft.com)
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In reply to: Message from bdcolen at MIT.EDU (B D Colen) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from jefferys at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
Message from enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)