[Leica] Hillary For Prison Sign Behind Barbed Wire
Mark Rabiner
mark at rabinergroup.com
Thu Sep 29 15:10:41 PDT 2016
The sign says "Hillary for Prison" and the debate was yesterday. Putting it
on the list is just like pushing a button.
While the photographer may be well thought of for his body of work this was
a troll on the Lug and worked quite well.
On 9/29/16 6:04 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> Presenting in politically charged image on the LUG during a heated election
> year such as this can to nothing but incite another stupid political
> discourse.
> Its kind of like pooping in a paper bag lighting it on fire and putting it on
> someone's doorstep ringing the doorbell and running and hiding behind a bush
> so you can watch going "tee he he" as they stamp out the fire with ensuing...
> And its not the first time this kind of thing was done to the same effect and
> by this particular person.
>
> On 9/29/16 9:44 AM, "Howard L Ritter Jr" <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:
>
>> +1
The photo was offered as an interesting image, not as a political
>> promotion. Would anyone object to posting photographically interesting images
>> of an anti-Trump or anti-Clinton rally? Don¹t we all wish we had been the one
>> to have snapped the iconic image of a Black man in a 3-piece suit at a
>> protest
>> about to be skewered by a bigot using a flagstaff, replete with Old Glory, as
>> a spear?
howard
> On Sep 29, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Sonny Carter
>> <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To my mind, the photo was no indication of
>> Chris's politics.
>
> Like many of his images it was a document of the state
>> of mind in his part
> of the world.
>
> It was less a political statement of
>> his stance than Jim's of LBGT events
> or even some Lluis's images.
>
> It
>> was not judgemental in any way, unlike the frequent reactions of disgust>
>> over obesity, or drunk jokes about rosacea sufferers.
>
> I didn't like the
>> content, but it's an image portraying something I live
> with everyday. It's
>> not even the worst I've seen.
>
> When people say they don't like flowers or
>> cats, I don't care. I want you
> to look at the photography, the light, the
>> composition, not the pretty
> flower or the cute cat.
>
> Chris made no
>> statement about his personal beliefs, but the composition was
> terrific, as
>> usual, and the background elements combined to make a powerful
> image.
>
>
>> Look at it again as a photographer.
>
>
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2489
>
>
>
>> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
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