[Leica] Don McCullin knighted

[bobcatchpole at yahoo.co.uk (bob catchpole)]

Nathan and Douglas,

If you thought my comments were about the Argentine-Britain conflict, I 
clearly failed to communicate.
This planet has witnessed man-made wars for thousands of years. There is 
little to suggest there won't be countless more wars in future. Only a 
failure of the imagination would allow anyone to suppose they or their 
descendants won't be affected. It's a profoundly serious subject (and OT 
here).

Don McCullin has spent much of his life photographing the suffering caused 
by wars around the world. Why? He believed his images would effect change by 
condemning the horror of war. It's failed. He is now in a position to point 
out the inevitability of wars while we humans persist with our current 
notions and social structures. The concept of Empire would be a good place 
to start. For me, it's a missed opportunity.

Bob




      From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
 To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> 
 Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2017, 18:20
 Subject: Re: [Leica] Don McCullin knighted
   
It all started with a bunch of scrap merchants raising 
the Argentine flag on South Georgia.

For a change, the Wikipedia article seems to be pretty 
precise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

Cheers
Douglas

On 05.01.2017 18:01, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The last time I checked, the Falklands War was started not by Britain but 
> by an Argentine military junta which has totally screwed up the country 
> and thought that the conquest would provide a useful distraction for the 
> population. What would you have Thatcher do? Just roll over and let 
> Galtieri have his way? That was not the kind of leader she was, as the 
> Argentines found out.
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>> On 05 Jan 2017, at 12:07, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Margaret Thatcher banned Don McCullin from a military operation to 
>> protect the British Empire, because his photography was essentially 
>> 'anti-war'. How ironic that he now accepts a knighthood (Commander of the 
>> Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)! 'Wars' and 'Empires' have 
>> gone hand-in hand throughout history. If you want to put an end to war, 
>> how about questioning the concept of the Empire? It's disappointing he 
>> hasn't done this.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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>>
>> On Thursday, 5 January 2017, 10:45 Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at 
>> icloud.com> wrote:
>> Douglas
>>
>> Don is a long-time Leica user and a great photographer who was banned in 
>> name by Margaret Thatcher from going to the Falklands war because he was 
>> ?too honest? and refused to have his images censored. I have met Don a 
>> couple of times and he is a difficult man to warm to, but this honour is 
>> well deserved and long overdue. A great photographer receiving a long 
>> overdue award.
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>>
>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Photographer Don McCullin has been knighted (CBE) in the 2017 New Year?s 
>>> Honours List in the UK for services to photography.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
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