Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Black paint classic and James Nachtwey
From: Steven Alexander <alexpix@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:37:28 -0400

on 10/22/00 8:48 PM, Jesse Hellman at hellman@home.com wrote:

> There was violence all around - being close to the cameras was the SAFEST
> place
> for them to be!!
> 
> Krechtz@aol.com wrote:
>        

Fo some thirty years I managed to get assigned to some violent situations,
no real wars,  but the press/media always grouped together.  As outsiders,
we felt safer among our own kind.

Then to cover the story this pack finds subjects and creates the images for
their employers.  The people seeing the pack of journalists and looking for
attention gather for the press. It is a symbiotic relationship.

Many best pictures are made being a lonewolf; however, in the heat of battle
two things are important; you must get the pictures and your life is more
important.  It is always easier to remain with the pack to hunt  and
therefore those not there can discuss how *they * create the situation.

Happy snaps,
Steven Alexander