Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/8/00 2:42:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, robert.appleby@tin.it writes: << And if pictures really are the (or one of the) primary event-fixing medium in the popular consciousness, then it makes sense to me that the selectivity of what gets pictured very much determines what the past is. >> If I recall correctly, she also raises questions about the impact of the photographer's presence as a witness on the actions of the subjects, suggesting the possibility that events sometimes occur which would not have occurred in the absence of the photographer. Joe Sobel