Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just for your information guys, in my language, ? empirer" (vb) means to get worse, or worsen Any better definition of the state of the world this guy has been shooting? Amities Philippe > Le 5 janv. 2017 ? 21:15, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > 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. >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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