Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] ...now PJ
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:36:59 -0700
References: <005501ca2805$bf3cf0b0$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <p06230933c6bde5be1170@[10.1.16.145]> <708007DE-2DE5-4C24-A242-48BF66EDA208@frozenlight.eu> <f317f5a21acb8.4a97ddd2@shaw.ca> <200908282157.BUI57754@rg4.comporium.net> <F9F296FF-8D96-4513-A0D5-90F47B06D76C@frozenlight.eu> <d53ebbe01e6da.4a985a8f@shaw.ca>

On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Nathan offered:
> Well, next weekend Lluis and I are going to Perpignan to inspect
>> the  doom and gloom for ourselves.
>> The premise of the article is that the "raw material" for
>> photojournalism are wars, famines and natural disasters. I
>> think  that's wrong. This is one of the reasons I stopped going to  
>> the
>> World  Press Photo exhibitions--it is always the war or disaster du
>> jour that  wins that award. Frankly, I don't care if I ever see  
>> another
>> picture  from Darfur or Afghanistan. I am much more interested in  
>> stuff
>> like  what Ric (to take an example we see every week) shows--daily
>> life seen  in an interesting way.<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Nathan,
> I stopped entering anything into international competitions for  
> exactly the same reason!!!! Similarly with national news ? related.
> The only pictures that have any chance are the doom and gloom of  
> war, famine, death and destruction!




the caring photojournalist as agent for change, as advocate for the  
downtrodden...

how best to work in this direction by showing images of good, of the  
positive...

examples?

in lieu of the monstrously bad...?

Steve











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