Re: [Leica] New photos

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Johnny

I may be out of the loop, but I don't remember seeing any of
her photos.  What did she shoot?  When? Where?  Or maybe
I have seen her photos without associating her name with them.

Jerry

Johnny Deadman wrote:

> Well I'm glad we've dispensed with Diane Arbus that easily. I am sure
> she would speak very highly of your photography as well.
>
> On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 04:32 PM, bdcolen wrote:
>
> > Amen!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ken
> > Firestone
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:26 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New photos
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Ted Grant wrote:
> >
> >    bdcolen offered:
> >> I may come across at times as a mean, demented s.o.b, but no way
> > would I
> >> EVER do to people what she did to her victims, uh, subjects.:-)
> >>
> >> B. D.
> >> Not A Diane Arbus Fan<<<<
> >
> >    Hi B.D.,
> >    Well you can chalk me up big time as another non-admirer of her
> > degrading
> >    pictures of unfortunate human beings. Regardless what some people
> > think are
> >    works of art!:-(
> >
> >    I've seen her as an opportunist taking advantage of human beings who
> > were
> >    already being exploited by others and all she did was add to the
> >    exploitation.
> >
> >    Besides all she did was use the medium of photography to capture the
> > image
> >    of these unfortunate souls and it didn't take any great photographic
> > eye or
> >    skill to shoot what she did. Like stand there ... SNAP... next! Not
> > much
> >    talent required to do that.
> >
> > I had a freind once who during a discussion of Ms. Arbus expressed the
> > opinion that she was crying with her subjects. She was pretty messed
> > up herself.
> >
> >
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