Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well after two days I have no idea in the universe how you got the idea I thought people had to wear loud clothes. What I was getting at was that the Perry Como analogy and the "Hush" puppies after the third repetition began to suggest an underlying (unconscious) desire for silence and genial mediocrity. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > I think they found the briefcase stunt far funnier as it was a time of > frequent suitcase bombs. > > Just for the record, why does wearing a sweater and not attracting > attention in public make one a lousy photographer? You really have me > stumped on this "truism". Does one really have to wear distracting, > attention-getting clothes to be a good photographer? If so, please tell me > what to wear and how to look to improve my game. I hope it doesn't involve > face jewelry and visible tatoos. I might have to take up writing fiction, > where taste in clothes don't dictate one's talent. > > Jeffery > > On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > > Just for the record, since Rabs hasn't seen it yet or chosen to speak up, > > First Amendment-wise, putting a suitcase down and running in an Egyptian > > cafe is an almost exact analogy to yelling fire in a crowded theater, > which > > as a category of speech has long been held by the judiciciary NOT to be > > protected; as slander and libel are not protected; as threats against the > > president and other public officials are not protected (too bad, > sometimes); > > and as "obscenity" is not protected, though that's a rat's nest and best > not > > explored in hope of finding even a shred of reason. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:59 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com > >wrote: > > > >> Quite so. > >> Making photographs; > >> his own way; > >> as far as we know; > >> nothing more > >> and nothing less. > >> > >> These "you can't do that -STOP!" incidents > >> say much more about the people objecting > >> than they do about the (vast majority of) photographers > >> who simply want to make photographs of human life. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george at imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> > >> On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > >> > >> What do you think the guy is > >>> doing that is making it "so hard for the rest of us"? He's taking > pictures > >>> is all. > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >