Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/13

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica]More Sontag et al
From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:48:30 BST

Hi,

well, clever as she is I think Ms. S must have a PhD in the bleedin' 
obvious, to paraphrase Monty Python. War photographers are, after all, there 
specifically to record lethal activity (among other things).

Regards,

Bob


>From: ARTHURWG@aol.com
>
>I didn't mean to imply that Sontag was talking about Nachtwey. I was making 
>a
>reference to all the discussion about Nachtwey on the LUG. But here's more
>from the girl herself:
>
>"Only the war photographer combines voyeurism  and danger. Combat
>photographers can't avoid participating in the lethal activity record..."
>
>Arthur

_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at 
http://profiles.msn.com.