Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John - My precise point is that, in most book stores, the only photo books that capture the public's interest ARE books of photos of babies with flower petals around their necks. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > CamraLuvr@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re : Nachtwey's Capas, >> >Salgados, Evans, etc > > > I'll say again, It's not the photographer or his intentions that I have a > problem with. As a photographer myself, I have enjoyed these > works immensely, > and consider some of them to be my personal favorites. It's the publics > fascination with singling this sort of work out as art. In other > words, it's > not so much the content, but the quantity vs. the quantity of the > alternative(s). How would you feel about it if the only thing > that caught > the public's interest (therefore the only thing available at your local > bookstore) was photographs of babies with flower petals around > their necks? > But that's not really a fair comparison. At least that is not a > focus by the > masses on the darker side of humanity. > John London CamraLuvr@aol.com >