Re: [Leica] if i can't understand it, i think harder

["Apostolos Mamatas" <a_mamatas@hotmail.com>]

>mike,
>
>i'm not disputing your or anybody else's right not to find "intellectual
>discussion" about photography via email or through any other medium
>worthwhile or necessary. what i do have a problem with is the overblown,
>childish reactions from those of us who get nothing out of such stuff. to
>say simply, as you do above: "i'd rather be out taking pictures," is one
>thing; to respond: "that's a bunch of shit, it makes me want to puke,
>anybody that believes that is an idiot, etc.," is another. and we've had
>comments like that here on the lug on numerous occasions.
>
>i guess what i'm trying to say is: if you (and i don't mean only you
>personally here) don't like talking/reading about photography, photographic
>theory, art photography, etc., don't. if you feel your time is better spent
>out shooting/printing, fantastic. just don't be so quick to dismiss and
>rebuke those who do find value in such things; there's no need to be
>condescending about issues that you obviously have no interest in.
>
>the rest of the world has determined that susan sontag (just to quote the
>latest "hot" thread) is a significant writer on photography, in spite of
>what a handful here on the lug may think. that alone should make folks
>think a bit more about her work before condemning it out of hand.
>
>
>guy
>

    Amen.
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