[Leica] Getting off topic politically - an occupational hazard

[erywon at yahoo.com (robin kitchener)]

Just two cents worth from the southern isles...

meeting up with other  LUGgers is one of the
highlights of belonging to this group. And since
people are always more interesting than cameras (which
is probably why famous LUGgers use cameras to
photograph people), conversations tend to focus on
culture, fashion, film, food and friends.

Thank you LUGgers for making the world a much better
place for all!
Chris in Auckland

--- Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeffery,
> 
> I have a fair amount of experience meeting LUGgers
> in person. I have met 
> people from this list in France, Spain, Switzerland,
> Denmark, UK, New 
> York, Philadelphia, and of course many times here in
> the Benelux. The 
> people are different, the settings are different,
> but two things are in 
> common:
> 
> 1) Invariably the meeting is pleasant and
> interesting;
> 2) Photography and gear make up a tiny percentage of
> the conversation.
> 
> Nathan
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
> > This has probably been mentioned before, but a
> book I'm reading about the
> > history of Magnum indicates that HCB and the other
> founders of Magnum sat
> > around in cafes and talking about everything
> except photography (to talk
> > about photography would be pretentious, according
> to HCB). They usually
> > talked about politics. Of course, back then
> Fascism, Communism, Socialism,
> > and Nazism were relatively new innovations in the
> way they were being
> > applied.
> >
> > Makes me wonder if there isn't enough to talk
> about in photography to
> > sustain a conversation without it veering off into
> something less
> > subjective. At least we didn't invent getting
> off-topic at the drop of a
> > Tilley.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
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