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Subject: [Leica] Jill Greenberg's Distressed Children
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Jul 7 11:09:16 2006
References: <4F488248ADCD6C419976DFE43A115091EBACAF@sv-ex01.jp2hs.campus> <7.0.1.0.2.20060707112820.0243ce50@infoave.net> <2621B1E3-177E-495F-AEDF-C6BC0E14BE1E@mindspring.com> <40DECFC4-5208-4CF3-B924-AD16A33577AD@mindspring.com> <44AE8744.9080502@waltjohnson.com> <CEB574D3-D041-4F0F-B492-C0D2F65FF3FD@mindspring.com>

Chicken or egg or egg and chicken?

Walt

Ric Carter wrote:

> I think it likely she saw the things she did and the way she did due  
> to her propensity for the tub-dive adventure, not the other way around.
>
> Ric
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> On Jul 7, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:
>
>> Arbus  responded so well to what she saw she ended up putting both  
>> feet in a tub and slitting her wrists. Now that, is interesting.  
>> When one sees it for what it is does it make one want to off oneself?
>>
>> Walt
>>
>> Ric Carter wrote:
>>
>>> PS
>>>
>>> One of the things that makes Arbus interesting is how she manages  
>>> to  keep a foot firmly in each world.
>>>
>>> Ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 7, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Ric Carter wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> On Jul 7, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
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>>>>> To me, that kind of photography is the opposite of documentary   
>>>>> photography.  It's more about the photographer than the subject.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Art photography?
>>>>
>>>> Not better or worse, just different.
>>>>
>>>> Ric Carter
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
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