Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Salgado
From: "Brian McCarthy" <straightline@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:57:06 +0100

I believe the interviewer was John Berger, novelist, playright and art
critic. He wrote 'Ways of Seeing'.

Brian McCarthy
brian@imagespace.co.uk
www.imagespace.co.uk

B. D. Colen wrote:
>
> Who was that interviewer BTW?  Is Looking Back At You also a program
> about Salgado? I need something like last night's show for my students
> this coming spring semester...
>
>
>
> "Robert D. Baron" wrote:
> >
> > This morning B.D. Colen opined about the special that aired last night
> > on Cinemax:
> >
> > > Salgado's
> > > view of what he does was fascinating...The interviewer was
> far too full
> > > of himself and art-history-theory bs...and the photos were,
> needless to
> > > say, magnificent.....
> >
> > Well and accurately said.  I concur completely.
> >
> > I also found the background music as tiring as the interviewer.
> >
> > By far the better show overall for me is the older BBC documentary
> > 'Looking Back At You' which I recently got through Amazon.com.
> >
> > --Bob Baron / Oklahoma City

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