Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What interests me most is if you talked with the man in the photo and what his story was. To me, he looks the victim of severe burning. Being burned pretty heavily on left arm and chest 15 years ago myself, I always shiver -thus hesitant to react and feeling immediate empathy for the victim- if I see this kind of picture since I really can relate to it. But you asked to comment. What also interests me is why you submitted this one, and what you wanted to tell with it. Is it about the opposition between beauty of the bird and the handicap of the man? If so, I think other angels might have been better. Or is it about spotting a strange bird, and thus a kind of paparazzo shot? Philippe > From: Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:18:23 -0700 (PDT) > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Cc: <pklein@2alpha.net> > Subject: [Leica] Peter provokes contentious controversy > > > Since no one commented on a photo that I thought might provoke some > discussion, let me try again: > > http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/06PeacockCouple.htm > > - Who the hell does Peter think he is? Diane Arbus? Kyle Cassidy? > > - Did he get permission to take this picture from the subject, the Zoo > Director, the Mayor, the Police Commissioner, the Department of Homeland > Security, and the Committee for the Correct Treatment of Human Subjects > by Exploitive Wannabe Concerned Photographers? > > - What's he doing at the zoo, anyway? Man, that's *so* bourgeois. > > - This photo would have been *so* much better if taken with a black > paint Flommolux instead of a chrome DR Summicron mismatched to a black > chrome M6TTL. > > - The bokeh ruins the shot. Sorry. > > - Incredible! Pulitzer Prize! Family of Man! Thirteenth honorable > mention in Parade Magazine's annual "Gushy Family Values" snapshot > competition! > > - Peter *who*? > > Your comments welcome. > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >