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Subject: [Leica] Lament for a Dying Field - Photojournalism -
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:45:53 -0400
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Critical thinking should be left to the men of best quality.  No need 
to trouble people with images that may be disturbing...unless it's 
disturbing news about a celeb.  Walter had passed, the standard is gone.




At 11:29 AM 8/10/2009, you wrote:
>I'm not sure that rejuvenation of the old paradigm is likely.
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>The opportunity rests in discovering
>and developing within the new paradigm
>of internet delivery of photo journalism
>which people may (or may not)
>value more than their cell phone photos and videos.
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>The most disturbing part of this question
>is the alleged and extreme interest in celebrity photos
>over issues photos.
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>george at imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com/blog
>http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>On Aug 9, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
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>>from NYT...
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>>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10photo.html?_r=1
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>>does anyone see an opportunity for rejuvenation?
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>>Steve
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In reply to: Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Lament for a Dying Field - Photojournalism -)
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