Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If we were to ignore every photograph or film made by Riefenstahl and by the Nazis themselves we would have a much poorer overall picture of the what the Nazis actually did. Photographs and writings have historical value. They have value no matter what the artist's political views were and are. I don't have to agree with a photographer's personal or political views to appreciate some value in their work. Whether I think Riefenstahl was a Nazi or not does not change the historical value of her work and the insights I can have by seeing it. I'm offering a new service to fellow members of the LUG Send me your Leica Equipment for a free clean and check! * We do need to look at the message portrayed in the medium just as we need to evaluate whether advertising is telling us the truth or misleading us into believing that that using their product will make us like the people in their ads. But we've got brains to think and I can see the value in photos taken by Riefenstahl and even by the Nazis themselves. Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador * Equipment may or may not be returned depending on whether I need said items for my own personal usage or if owner is willing to pay a slight return handling cost, equal to the new value of said items. We are not responsible for any item sent to us.