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Subject: [Leica] BLUR - My last words.
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:46:47 -0500
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As I recall, when Mead prevaricated in her writing. Thus, even if she had 
written it, it would not be ironclad.

Jeffery


On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:34 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:

> I'd love to see an actual source for this oft repeated folk tale.
> I read a good deal of Mead in college; and don't recall coming across this 
> "report."
> Nor can I find any documentation of it; except as repeated in photo 
> discussions.
> 
> I question its veracity due to ancient cave art; as well as the level of 
> abstraction, coupled with a sophisticated sense of proportion, found in 
> aboriginal artifacts all around the world.
> 
> Can anyone help with citing a Mead source for this legend?
> 
> a note off the iPad, George
> 
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 7:43 AM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> When Margaret Mead showed Tahitian natives black and white photographs of 
>> themselves and their village, they rotated the photos this way and that, 
>> shook their heads, and handed them back. "Nice designs", they said, "but 
>> what are they?" Mead then realized that photographs were such 
>> abstractions that only long experience enables their interpretation.
> 
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