Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not in my experience, _very_ occasional hostility perhaps but to say that the usual reaction is hostile has not been my experience - my west is Europe not the states by the way. Yes, people sometimes indicate that they don't want their photograph taken but I can only think of a single incident where I ran into any 'trouble'. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Andrew Nemeth Sent: 31 October 2003 19:14 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: The Decisive Moment is gone On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 12:00 PM, Leica Users digest wrote: > [WPost article that "decisive moment photography" has fallen > by the wayside] > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31924-2003Oct28.html> The main reason I think the "old-fashioned, Leica-toting image hunter" has become such a rare species today is that potential photo-subjects (in the west) have become really - really - hostile towards candid photographers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html