Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] modern photoreportage?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Fri Jan 11 08:42:33 2008
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Correct. Yet, for me, Jessica did not show us Tulsa; anymore than  
today's war photographers show us the Korean war.
My point: yes we continue to return to repetitive human themes. Yet  
these sad addicts are not those sad addicts. These victims of war are  
not those victims of war. Forty years have passed and we in our  
various cultures continue to make war and do drugs. I think it  
important to document these events in images and words.

I do not intend this as a critique of Phil's remark. I understand it.  
Yet, I felt a note of caution regarding our potential numbness to  
these somewhat urgent themes.

On Jan 11, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Ric Carter wrote:

> I thought Phil was referring to the subjects of the picture --  
> people living the same sorts of lives.

Fond regards,
George
george@imagist.com
www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07




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