Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My reaction as well. Imagine that! Nachtwey didn't want to go into some hot spot with a ball and chain fastened to his ankle. As if keeping your own ass in one piece isn't difficult enough, he'd have to look out for someone else's, too (and I'm sure he'd feel obliged to). That, plus the trust of the locals he's built up (absolutely necessary to work in, say, West Belfast) would evaporate in an instant if he turned up with some jabbering scribe in tow. "Private experience" indeed---he just wanted to get on with his job. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Heyman" <rheyman@bigpond.net.au> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:19 AM Subject: Re: OT: Nachtwey (was [Leica] Re: Personal portfolios of misery > Could there be an element of churlishness in his article, resulting from > Natchwey's refusal to allow him to tag along? > > " We had a few amiable lunches before negotiations broke down: I wanted to > go into the field with him; he couldn't overcome his reluctance to have > someone tailing him. What I didn't understand then, and do now, is how > private he wants his experience of these public catastrophes to be. " > > RH >