Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess this opinion can be extended to other art forms as well. So all those boring portraits and murals and sculptures done by Michelangelo (sp?) and da vinci are meaningless as well. I realize that you (B.D.) are a journalist by trade, but there is more to photography than photojournalism. Now *I've* proceeded to piss off many of my fellow LUGers. ;-). Dan C. At 04:02 PM 26-06-00 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >Well, then let's just get rid of all journalists, photo and >otherwise...let's get rid of all photographers who take photos of anything >other than their naked grandchildren....If you don't think photos like >Nachtwey's ultimately CAN make a difference, you weren't alive during the >Vietnam war and have never seen the photo of the naked napalmed little girl, >or Eddie Adams shot of the Saigon street execution.....without getting into >the right or wrong of the the photos, they made an enormous difference..... > >I will now proceed to piss off many of my fellow LUGers and say that in >terms of the long haul, in terms of the history of mankind, the only >photographers whose work will be worth remembering are the Nachtwey's Capas, >Salgados, Evans, etc. etc....and I certainly put some members of this group >in that catagory. Photos of mountains, grandchildren, seascapes, etc., are >very nice, but ultimately meaningless. > >B. D. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of >> ARTHURWG@aol.com >> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 3:50 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Nachtwey >> >> >> Selling one's soul to the devil... was a refrence to what some >> people will >> do to achieve success. By most accounts, Nachtwey is the most successful >> living photojournalist. Is it fair to say that he got there on >> the backs of >> the dead, the dying, those who endured the most horrible >> suffering? It sort >> of reminds me of the Rolling Stones' "Sympath for the devil." And do you >> really think that one photo, or a thousand, can alter the course >> of history >> or save even one life? It's a nice idea, but I don't think it >> works. Arthur >> > > >