[Leica] A Runner's eye view of the Boston Marathon

[abridge at dcn.org (Adam Bridge)]

On Saturday, May 8, 2004 B. D. Colen thoughtfully wrote:

>So one of my students, who had already done most of the work on a
>project on a little airport outside Boston, decided that she was going
>to make her real project a look at the Boston Marathon from a runner's
>point of view - which is to say she ran the entire thing with an Olympus
>C5050 in hand.
>
>Like a number of the students, she was new to photography when the
>semester began, and she was given cropping advice on a number of the
>images. But that said - I think what she did is pretty terrific...
>http://web.mit.edu/jumpbean/www/marathon/index.htm
>
>B. D.

Not being a runner-dude I found it pretty, well, okay - runner people. It
happened to be the Boston Marathon on a relatively hot day (I gather.)

But I gained nothing. I mean "why do I do this" in the middle of the race/run.
And then I learn - gee - not an entered runner.

I don't get it. I don't get why it's good because beyond carrying a camera for
so far to take the pictures (which is sorta heroic) they don't talk to me at
all. It seems empty.

Adam