Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Thu Mar 30 08:58:08 2006

Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote:

>
>At 11:00 AM 3/30/2006, you wrote:
>>Without the preconceived ideas a.k.a. prejudices the photo has much 
>>less impact.
>>
>>Doug Herr
>
>I disagree, Doug.  I didn't even notice the hajib at first.  She's 
>dressed for winter weather and it could have been just a scarf. The 
>fact that someone was carrying around a notebook prominently labeled 
>"CIA-Review Course" was funny enough.  I didn't relate it to Muslims at all.
>
>Tina
>

Fair enough - yet it seems that several of us (myself included) assumed 
initially from her attire that the woman is a muslim.  I also wonder if B.D. 
would have noticed the image if the woman were not wearing the hajib.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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