Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I promised myself to avoid this issue, at least for a while, but it is starting to remind me of falling off a diet. To /say *we'll never know */strikes me as completely defeatist. There are those who already do know. One of these days many of us will join that group. The world is full of myths, legends, superstitions and a host of convoluted BS stories dating back to prehistory. (Pandora's box is a good example) Living in a time when powerful governments are almost "powerless" to keep the masses ignorant makes me feel quite fortunate.It is no longer feasible to burn serfs at the stake for questioning "facts". Of course, the Capa situation is not an event which molds thinking or brings masses to action. It is just one small example (to me) of how little credibility exists save what we carry with us. Harvey certainly went straight to the heart of the matter in his second paragraph. It summed up the situation better than all our bickering and give and take nonsense lasting the previous two or three days. His evaluation of the Capa situation was priceless. It was almost as if He and Capa had been sitting down over a scotch and Paul got the true story. There are still quite a few events needing better explanations than what has become the flavors of the day. Who really shot JFK, How does a virgin end up pregnant, Did Jesus really came back from the dead, are there aliens among us,*/ is B.D. one of them? /* */ /*Walt PHC wrote: > Well put Harvey. I agree completely. The question seems to have become > one of believers and non-believers which seems a little bizarre since, > as you point out, we'll never know. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.digitalrailroad.net/phc > +44 (0)20 7871 7553 > ******* > > On 23 Mar 2006, at 19:08, Arche, Harvey wrote: > >> It seems impossible to ever know for sure, once the question was raised, >> whether or not the "falling soldier" photo was staged. Like Pandora's >> box, by posing the question a doubt is created that can't be stuffed >> away. I'm not qualified to research the matter myself, and am unwilling >> to trust the agendas of those who are. >> >> I honestly believe, however, that in the years following that >> photograph, Capa went on to develop into one of the very finest photo >> journalist/war correspondents that ever lived. I think he was a >> dedicated and courageous man of profound convictions, who was driven by >> a righteous outrage at the horror of war to expose it with an >> unflinching eye for the truth. >> >> In understanding his motivation for this passion, I would like to think >> that perhaps this one photograph is of central importance. There is no >> question that it established his reputation and kicked off his career. >> If it was faked, might not a man of his conscience be moved to spend the >> rest of his life honestly earning the credibility it gave him? And if it >> wasn't faked, might not a man of equal conscience be moved to spend the >> rest of his life earning the credibility that came at the expense of >> another's life? Either possibility squares with me. >> >> Arche >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >