Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Musings on the role of photography and a question about what you shoot and why
From: Jeff Segawa <jsegawa@jademountain.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 11:19:56 -0700

(sorry for the tardiness of the reply, but I'm unable to send email through
my usual ISP)

- -----Original Message-----
From: Khoffberg <khoffberg@email.msn.com>
>All of this leads me to a question.  When you grab your Leica (or whatever)
>and go out to take pictures for yourself, do you go in search of beauty or
>with the purpose of telling a story, righting a wrong, illuminating the
>absurdity of the human condition, or something else entirely?  Does an M
>camera lead you in one direction and medium or large format another?

The world is a source of wonder to me, and my photos are the means in which
I attempt to share my ongoing amazement with others. Through them, I hope
that others will awaken to the wonders around themselves: I seek the
Aesthetic, but Anaesthetic can be powerful too.

Jeff Segawa
See my photography online at
http://www.netone.com/~segawa