Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agree completely. On 1/11/08 11:42 AM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information