Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 09:24 PM, bdcolen wrote: > And, btw, while Salgado may record human misery, I would disagree with > the contention that human misery is his subject almost exclusively. > Certainly the poor of the world are his subjects almost exclusively, but > he records many moments of joy, satisfaction, normal human interactions, > and not just misery. And to not do so would be dehumanizing the subject. That, I'd say, is pure propaganda of the worst kind - pitying the poor, rather than recognizing them as individuals in a bad situation. > B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html