Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, yes, I am. Because I believe that his work on poverty, industrialization, migrations is so 'beautiful' that it reaches audiences other documentary photographers do not reach. So I really am saddened that he has "broadened his horizons" because I believe that by broadening them he dilutes the power of the work he was doing. But as we both know, we are unlikely to agree on just about anything, so what the hell. ;-) On 12/6/05 2:29 PM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I still think that it's sad that a photographer who has made such a >> contribution in terms of his ability capture the sad state of the >> human condition in so much of the world has turned to photographing >> primates. > > B.D., did you read the interviews? It's not just primates, and it's no > longer > just the self-centered ones that think they're supreme. Supreme > destroyers, > I'll grant you that. > > He has broadened his horizons, expanded his work to documenting the > foundations of life as we know it, human or otherwise, and expressing the > links between species in his own way. And you're sad that he has broadened > his horizons? > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information