Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy
From: nod at bouncing.org (Philip Clarke)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:40:52 +0100
References: <200904201058.BPA26179@rg5.comporium.net> <DE913F3F-40F7-48F1-B4FC-B2FCAA22E226@mac.com> <52351E11-4D99-4676-B0D9-4F6CE499BAED@charter.net> <3E020028-661C-43B5-A965-9F355365B419@mac.com> <49EC9F37.1080908@bouncing.org> <3F45C3F0-9185-4AE6-AEAD-A12D71D22440@mac.com> <49ECA75A.7000509@bouncing.org> <200904202123.BPA94774@rg5.comporium.net>

The brief was to take pictures in Afghanistan of refugees, that makes 
his work a success. I don't recall heim ever claiming that the images he 
took were representative of international children.

Tina Manley wrote:
> At 12:48 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>> Then if
>> Steve McCurry had been banned from using Kodachrome, the Afghan girl
>> picture wouldn't have been as good:
>>
>> http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/afghan-girl-cover.html
>>  
>>
>> Philip.
>
> An obviously poor girl from a foreign local looking straight into the 
> camera?  Where is the balance that you require?
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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