Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > > But we would not know about these casualties without the reporting of those > who put their lives in danger to tell us. > And we (all of us who go to war with our bags of photography gear) would have nothing to report without those who go to risk their lives in the combat we see through our viewfinders. What wags first? The tail or the dog? More great reporting here (I admit I'm high on C.J. Chivers, the guy is the real deal): http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21rebels.html?ref=todayspaper &gwh=040126948FBC30082DA4C0885C24D670 Seems like a Domke with a Leica, a Canon, a few lenses and a laptop with satellite link-up is worth 10-20x what an actual Libyan combatant has in his holster this week. Food for thought. Emanuel P.S. I do not believe war photography is getting more dangerous. It was ever thus. Mathew Brady survived the battlefield, died miserably in the peace.