Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Powerful image
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 15:13:12 -0400
 
At 03:08 PM 02-06-98 -0400, Tina wrote:
>
>A powerful image to me is one that makes a difference.  The photographers
>you listed, Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans Farm Administration pictures
>from the 40's to Sebastio Salgado's from today among others.  It's a
>photograph that moves someone to do something.
>
To add to this, a powerful image may be one that turns public opinion.  A
photograph that comes to mind is the one of the little girl fleeing a
napalm strike in Vietnam.  That photograph did a lot to sway public opinion
about the Vietnam war.

Dan C.