Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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