Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/12

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: NY Times 100 years of pictures...
From: Wolfgang Sachse <sachse@msc.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:21:24 -0400 (EDT)

Fred Ward wrote...

> I have now looked through it all and read most of it...
<snip> ...

> I mention all this not to diminish any credit due the Times for
> putting together such a large work on photography but to point out
> the realities of the marketplace. These are not this century
> best photographs or even a good cross-section of important
> images. They are apparently are what were conveniently and
> inexpensively available to the Times...

	Hi -

	Thanks for your insightful comments. I agree completely.
	But there is one other thing which put me off just a
	bit and that was the focus on the photographers themselves
	- as personalities and sometimes their role in taking
	the picture. I suspect that others, especially working
	pro's might feel otherwise, but I would have preferred
	to focus more on the picture with a small note as to
	who the photographer was. To me, the magazine was a
	listing of who worked for the NYT over the years and
	incidentally, examples of their images.

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In reply to: Message from Fred Ward <fward@erols.com> (Re: NY Times 100 years of pictures)