Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could there be an element of churlishness in his article, resulting from Natchwey's refusal to allow him to tag along? " We had a few amiable lunches before negotiations broke down: I wanted to go into the field with him; he couldn't overcome his reluctance to have someone tailing him. What I didn't understand then, and do now, is how private he wants his experience of these public catastrophes to be. " RH - ----- Original Message ----- From: <ARTHURWG@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 8:18 AM Subject: Re: OT: Nachtwey (was [Leica] Re: Personal portfolios of misery > The only negative thing I saw in print was a review in the Village Voice > newspaper. But there was much discussion on the web on the subject; also in > private conversation with the former director of one of the top photo > agencies who knows Nachtwey personally. The upshot of the Voice article was > that Nachtwey seems to place himself as superior to his subjects, who were > treated coldly. This is my personal opinion as well. When you compare > Nachtwey to someone like Don McCullin (my favorite war photographer), the > lack of humanity comes through rather clearly. It's difficult for me not to > see Nachtwey's silent complicity in the suffering he documents. Arthur >