Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post jotted down the following: > > Perhaps we need more photojournalist out there who can show us how the world > really is [...] > While I agree with a great many things in your message, I don't believe that anyone can ever "show how the world really is". It is all a matter of selective perception. Natchwey is showing us *one* aspect of the world as he has perceived it, one which is all too often conveniently forgotten, but it is no more or less real than what is shown on ESPN. Yes, the consequences are different; yes, you can argue about importance (although I contend that that is essentially a social construct too), but it is impossible to definitively nail down Reality, doubly so where human affairs are concerned, and triply so when selected, interpreted, and communicated by someone else. M. - -- Martin Howard | Armored with good intentions and Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | ignorance, one is impregnable to email: howard.390@osu.edu | learning. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------