Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Misrepresentation
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:40:36 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ1qRmuhRarEd8-dFUTK4_-i3QWez9k8+mv9mMsXTMhc_w@mail.gmail.com> <C6FCD9F6-2748-411F-B485-67A4B3EB886E@frozenlight.eu> <AB25FC23-4CFF-4F8B-9C0E-89844B7730E5@mac.com> <89D1411A-569D-4232-A6DE-B6997BAF09EA@bex.net> <CAF8hL-FeBGKYZTBjzO9kAa=PsBSAVmSnHhvL1w_1JseeiN-BSw@mail.gmail.com> <4EB23A08-F285-4578-84B0-BED7DD598405@mac.com> <935B1CE1CA614D0F9AEA3A03C28B1862@syneticfeba505> <CAFuU78c=JnF7EgLTNoishn+OKchQyqHVvfjdszSPG_uHRAEdNg@mail.gmail.com>

Here's a "how times have changed" take on truth in pj. Sweet (RIP) had a
friend pose as a surrendering German soldier and made the cover of Newsweek.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/sports/ozzie-sweet-who-helped-define-new-era-of-photography-dies-at-94.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Tiny:

*http://tinyurl.com/agrna9s*
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-Lew Schwartz


On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I understand all this correctly, it's Magnum's fault, not the
> photographer's. The material he provided was to give background that would
> help a publication write its own story for which the photo's might serve as
> illustrations. That text was never supposed actually to be the story or
> appear as caption material or * most importantly * appear as an explanation
> in a contest entry. POY had every reason to assume the material was a
> sincere contest entry since it was, indeed, a contest. Magnum knew this and
> should not have let this happen.
>
> -Lew Schwartz
>
>


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Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Misrepresentation)
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