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Subject: [Leica] Peter provokes contentious controversy
From: stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)
Date: Wed May 4 12:27:24 2005
References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505041117010.14903@mail.2alpha.net>

Peter- When i saw the image- I thought - this man has been thru a 
horrible accident. Diane Arbus was far from my mind. It was heartening 
to see someone with such a disability doing what we consider normal 
everyday things. Stasys
On May 4, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
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