Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/12
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>tedgrant@islandnet.com writes:
>
><< But I'm sure they could have found a more meaningful image than, "who was
> that bearded man?"
>
> ted >>
>
>I'll wager 1/2 of American people will think it's Charles Manson and the
>other 1/2 Jim Morrison. If Leica wanted a BW photograph with media-icon
>status they could've used Eisenstaedt's sailor-kissing-nurse, or the
>Vietnam-era Pulitzer shot of the prisoner being shot in the head (not sure
if
>that was taken with a Leica or not).
>
Che's pic was probably chosen because it evokes a lot of emotions and
provokes many questions. Leica does not have to pay him to use the picture.
The kissing pic is, to me, just a nice documentary shot and the shot in the
head pic happens to be too painful a reminder (of 'Nam) if not somewhat
barbaric.
Dan K.
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