PS Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...

[allen.graves at charter.net (allen.graves@charter.net)]

And I think many would agree that the variety of strong resopnses from the 
individual viewers is what makes this a "good" picture.

Allen


--- Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: 
> > 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.
> 
> for me the viewer's response to the photo says more about the viewer than 
> about the woman in the picture.  For example Tina possibly because of her 
> greater experience in the middle east didn't notice the hajib in 
> particular, others assumed she's a muslim because of her clothing, and of 
> us who assumed she's a muslim the responses included from 'American 
> [meaning USA] but not mainstream', 'not American', and 'hostile to 
> America', revealing our own experiences and prejudices.
> 
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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