Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Sally Mann (potentially offensive)
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:24:51 -0400
References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006261506410.622-100000@echonyc.com>

Sally Mann's children must be almost grown up by now, why doesn't someone
ask them how they feel about their photo legacy?  This is just pure
speculation, but I suspect that they are suffereing no ill effects.

Dan C.

At 03:54 PM 26-06-00 -0400, Martin Howard wrote:
>Doug Cooper jotted down the following:
>
>> Will her children grow up demented?
>
>I don't know Sally Mann from Eve, nor her photography (landscape, children,
>or otherwise) but it seem to me that it's the children of the repressed
>anally-retentive who grow up demented, especially if there's an unhealty
>dose of religion thrown in for good measure.  The children of those who on
>the opposite end of the scale (free-wheeling, do-anything libertairians)
>seem to do much better.  Presumably because they were required to think for
>themselves while growing up, rather than being force-fed fear and
>guilt-trips.
>
>M.
>
>-- 
>Martin Howard                     | "Jesus loves you.  Everyone else
>Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU       | thinks you're an asshole, but
>email: howard.390@osu.edu         | Jesus loves you."   -- Bumper sticker
>www: http://mvhoward.i.am/        +---------------------------------------
>
>
>

Replies: Reply from Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net> (Re: [Leica] Sally Mann (potentially offensive))
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