Re: [Leica] Re:Nachtwey

["Julian Thomas" <mimesis@btinternet.com>]

Arthur,
I'm intrigued by you r posts on this! If you put Salgado (my idea not a
reworking of your posts) at one end of a scale and Nachtway at the other, we
have for me two extremes of PJ/. One produces beautiful photos with the idea
of showing 'dignity' in those who suffer atrocities, and the other produces
dark, huge images where beauty doesn't exist. Again just my opinion, but
doesn't Nachtway do a better job of showing us that this events are totally
intolerable?

Julian




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From: <ARTHURWG@aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Nachtwey


> Rob, I wasn't talking about a business plan, or money in any sense. I
doubt
> that very many documentary photograpers or photojournalists are motivated
by
> money.  I understand from people who know him that Mr. Nachtwey is usually
> broke. But they are motivated by ego. Since I started this thread I went
back
> and looked at the work of the war photographers I most admire, with Don
> McCullin at the top of the list. That review confirmed my feelings that
> Nachtwey is probably the least "humanistic" or caring photographer of the
> lot. His work seems cold, objective in a negative way, and superior to his
> subjects.  As someone else on the LUG put it, it's a "glorification of
gore."
>   As I said, I don't trust the pictures or his rap, but that's just MHO.
By
> the way, do you see Ferraris going by all day long? Arthur