Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Note I described the war as terrible, and the event as sanitized. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 5, 2014, at 10:18 PM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> wrote: > > >> On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> >> This risks opening a discussion that belongs on the forum. >> >> That said, I think there is value in seeing the horror of the machine of >> Napoleonic warfare up close, albeit sanitized. >> >> I shared these images, because some of my friends worked hard to present >> an honest portrayal of what might have been a battle in a terrible war in >> a divided nation. I took my time and tried to present images that equal >> their effort. >> >> That's the "more" I was referring to, when Jay made light of it. > > I certainly appreciate your photographic documentation of the events; > including your descriptions of your friends and other re enactors' serious > interests; > > and am fascinated by each and every subculture and their passionate > pursuits (freely paraphrasing a bit of Jim Shulman). > > I in no way question your presentation or their serious desire to present > their reenactments. > > I simply seek a deeper understanding of their motivations as part of the > documentary process? > > My interests in this subject are in no way critical of either your > documentation or their presentation. > > I didn't really get any particular sense of "terrible" from your > photographic documents. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information