Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you're right about the revenge part - I don't think you're right about the set up, however...but I could well be wrong. Either way, those two photos are classic examples of the power of still photography over film/video. While both events show up on the evening news, it was the stills that had the impact; and the stills which people remember, and see over and over. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Afterswift@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:43 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Documentary In a message dated 8/25/03 9:31:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > the film of the little girl doesn't have anywhere near > the impact of the still - but the film of the execution is quite > disturbing, perhaps because the camera lingers on the body as blood > spurts from the head wound. - -------------------------------- The newspapers printed a still frame from the movie of the execution. I read that the napalmed kid is living in the US. The execution was planned and done in cold blood, the news people summoned for the event, as I recall. This Vietcong officer had taken part in a bloody raid on family quarters the day before, killing a number of civilian relatives of South Vietnamese army people. So it was a revenge murder. My memory may be hazy, but I think that's how it happened. But those images become textbook history. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html