Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] New Yorker
From: timatherton at theedge.ca (Tim Atherton)
Date: Tue Dec 14 11:34:52 2004
 
> Speaking of the New Yorker...There was a truly fascinating article in last
> week's issue by Malcolm Gladwell, a science writer. It's about
> images, and how
> difficult it is to discern their true meaning. The focus of the piece is
> certainly not "our kind" of photography - it's on mamography and
> the use of
> photographs by the military for targeting and target assessment.
> But many of
> the points apply equally well to "Leica photography." In fact,
> they apply so
> well I am planning to have my students read the piece and then
> look at Bill
> Clough's stunning and mysterious
> "Madison."


http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/041213fa_fact
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at MIT.EDU (B D Colen) ([Leica] New Yorker)