Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post writes: > I agree with Art Searle; In '68 I was in the Naval Hospital in Great > Lakes, > IL, and made friends with several Marines who had been in the Tet > offensive, > and some who had been in Hue. What amazed me was that these guys were > less > politicised that the run of the mill Joe who didn't go. They were more > interested in getting on with their lives. True, some of the images are > compelling, such as Utt's photo of the girl with the napalm burns > running up > the road, but in the recent A&E program- " The Girl in the Picture" the > follow up was also compelling. Both the photographer and his subject are > getting on with their lives- the girl is an American citizen now, and > has > lovely children who will hopefuly never see the sort of conflict their > mother saw. I agree with the feeling that I got from the program that > compelling photography can bring changes. Small point, but isn't she a *Canadian* citizen? I'm not sure if I saw the same program, but if it was the one where she met the officer who ordered the attack, it's one of the most moving things I've ever seen. As one who worked in broadcasting for many years, and who is very *very* cynical about the motives of many in that industry, I don't say that lightly.