Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two questions- what were the images? And how many people would be exposed to them without them being at the Time-Warner mall at Columbus Circle? Remember that the photography we so admire from the FSA group from the 30's was, unlike Salgado's work, PR work to begin with - photos-to-order, paid for by the government, to convince people of the necessity for passing certain legislation. ;-) On 9/29/06 12:11 PM, "Chris Saganich" <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: > So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus > Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, (he > once used a Leica). On each image there was a small caption about the > image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before. I assumed > Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit. At the conclusion of the > exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar. I was unhappy to > realize the whole thing was a PR campaign. Now the question shot into my > mind...is this right? I looked around at the mall and the shops and all > the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again and > the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry. Flame me all > you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy, > and the image is the driving force behind consumption. It's all so rude. > > Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information