[Leica] Re: Changing face of photoraphy

[chandos at cox.net (Chandos Michael Brown)]

Am I the only one who is uncomfortable with the photography as "sniping"
metaphor?  I don't see making images as a form of violent aggression or
predation, though I have struggled with the latter sufficiently to
rethink my position on the sort of photography I did in the Green Leafe.

I suppose that the fact we are a nation at war and that real snipers are
killing real people (on both sides) as I write this gives me pause when
I think about what I'm doing when I put eye to viewfinder, and the last
thing that I want to equate it with is the extinction of life.

Words matter-and I find this particular way of thinking and talking
about the act of photography exceedingly distasteful.

Small wonder so few women frequent the lug, what with all this
testosteronic posturing.

Chandos