[Leica] URL: W Eugene Smith

[Douglas Barry]

On 06/08/2017 15:15, John McMaster wrote:
> https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/06/w-eugene-smith-photographer-record-everything
>
Jaysus John, thanks for that link. Poor Mr Smith, he certainly had problems.

Hello. Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline. If you are 
obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.

As the redoubtable Philip Larkin wrote... and apologies for the anglo 
saxon...

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.

Douglas