Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would have noticed anyone carrying that notebook, Doug, and I think it would have been a "what the?!" photo had the subject been a guy in a pinstripe suit. However, I certainly did see her hajib, and I think that that makes it that much better a photo. One doesn't have to be prejudice to consider something ironic. On 3/30/06 11:58 AM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > >> >> At 11:00 AM 3/30/2006, you wrote: >>> Without the preconceived ideas a.k.a. prejudices the photo has much >>> less impact. >>> >>> Doug Herr >> >> I disagree, Doug. I didn't even notice the hajib at first. She's >> dressed for winter weather and it could have been just a scarf. The >> fact that someone was carrying around a notebook prominently labeled >> "CIA-Review Course" was funny enough. I didn't relate it to Muslims at >> all. >> >> Tina >> > > Fair enough - yet it seems that several of us (myself included) assumed > initially from her attire that the woman is a muslim. I also wonder if > B.D. > would have noticed the image if the woman were not wearing the hajib. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information