Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anthony Atkielski wrote: ><Snip> ous. > > I almost never photograph people at all, much less children specifically, for > the reasons discussed in this thread. People always assume the worst. I'd love > to be able to photograph people, but since just holding a camera makes me a > suspect, that isn't possible. > > -- Anthony The first few years I had my Voigtlander at 13 I would shoot snowdrifts and fill up my Parents crystal with colored water lighted up from antique slide projectors dusted off from the basement. It was the mid Sixties and photography was perceived of I thought as something to the kin of sniffing glue in your basement and playing with you little chemistry set; Nerdy. Then Blowup came out and the Photographers image was transformed from Nerd to Cool-guy. Now we are not longer Cool-guys but just a bunch of perverts or paparazzi. Affirmation technique: I'm not a pervert I'm a cool-guy! I'm not a pervert I'm a cool-guy! I'm not a pervert I'm a cool-guy! I'm not a Nerd I'm a cool-guy! I'm not a Nerd I'm a cool-guy! or gal. Mark Rabiner