Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, the work resembles the FSA in many ways. Normally this sort of thing wouldn't bother me. Normally I wouldn't be wondering around such a place. I have to be more careful. Chris At 12:36 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049