Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] ELEKTRONIX
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:04:00 -0400

on 8/13/01 10:14 AM, Dave Jenkins at djphoto@vol.com wrote:

> On
> some levels "The Americans" may be a great piece of work. Undeniably, it
> has been seminal in its effects and undoubtedly did cause some americans
> to think differently about their country. Which is unfortunate, because
> the book is essentially a lie about America.
> 
> As is Avedon's book "In the American West."

you think they're lies because they don't reflect the America you know?

Is this is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in the glass, or Caliban
NOT seeing his own face in the glass?



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