Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/05

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Subject: [Leica] Jill Greenberg's Distressed Children
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Jul 5 15:32:20 2006
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060705141614.06cac798@infoave.net> <p06230922c0d1d5e12c15@[10.0.1.3]>

Given the neighborhood the gallery is in, I'm not surprised at their  
choice of featured photographers.
The images in this case are printed to grotesque proportions. Which  
to me means art for the corporate walls.
http://tinyurl.com/jb8el

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com


On Jul 5, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>
> The apparent method for getting these reactions is by giving them a  
> lollipop and and then taking it away.
>
> If we see an older sibling doing that to a younger one, we scold  
> them and tell them not to be mean.
>
> For an adult to do this for their own purposes, and for the parents  
> to be party to this is disgusting. Manipulation of children to  
> create any kind of pain by adults they should be able to trust is a  
> vast abuse of that trust.
>
> -- 
>    *            Henning J. Wulff
>   /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>  /###\   mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
>  |[ ]|     http://www.archiphoto.com
>

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