[Leica] Don McCullin knighted

[Philippe]

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 à 21:15, bob catchpole via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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> Nathan and Douglas,
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Bob
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>      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
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> It all started with a bunch of scrap merchants raising 
> the Argentine flag on South Georgia.
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> For a change, the Wikipedia article seems to be pretty 
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War
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> Cheers
> Douglas
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> 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:
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>>> 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.
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>>> Bob
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>>> On Thursday, 5 January 2017, 10:45 Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
>>> Douglas
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>>> 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.
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>>> Gerry
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>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 09:41, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
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>>>> Photographer Don McCullin has been knighted (CBE) in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List in the UK for services to photography.
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>>>> Cheers
>>>> Douglas
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