Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] Agricultural Program, Helmand, Afghanistan
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:17:21 -0500
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Firstly mea culpa for starting this diversion into something other than 
photography. I was just so surprised to see corn grown in that setting. 

As others have said, the LUG is full of sometimes interesting diversions. I 
do think good documentary photography by its nature can and should cause the 
viewer to question the setting as well as their world view. Even if your 
photos were taken in Pakistan, I would have had the same question so it has 
nothing to do with the country but more to do with the region.

Regards,
Spencer

On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:41, Wendy Thurman wrote:

> I'll sit on the sidelines on this one; it would seem that the prospect of 
> an
> uneducated mind's susceptibility to extremist views is a questionable one.
> 
> Did I miss something here?  Maybe it's best I don't participate any longer
> in this forum.  I know the forum is dedicated to photography but the fact
> that I am taking pictures in Afghanistan has apparently caused some
> problems.
> 



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