Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > Hi Tina, > > > In the > > original two photos, the soldier is not pointing a weapon at the father > > carrying the child. > > I'm kind of amazed that people see that in this photo, as I don't. I see > the soldier, armed, just holding his weapon at his side, and motioning with > his left hand for them to get down. I never once thought that he was > pointing his weapon AT anyone, until some people mentioned it! > > Austin > Possibly this IS the point in this and many pictures. The relationships between people are very subtle nebulous and the difference between helping and threatening is just ing the eye of the beholder. But in fact it is in reality either one or the other. The person who is there taking the picture might not really know whats going on until he/she studies the slide. And THEY may be wrong and corrected later by a particularly sharp and alert person. So destroying the relationships between whats going in makes the picture in effect meaningless. The picture cant be studied for subtleties. It's a fabrication. Study a Norman Rockwell image and figure out where in America that came from. I guess his only sin was he created an IDEAL that's darn hard to live up to. Shucks! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html