Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:04:54 -0700
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I raised the issue of a cigarette used in a portrait. In this case a self
portrait. Ones image and it's effect on other people.
In fashion and portraiture not log ago it was common. A favorite prop. Harry is
not Harry with out his cigarette. Now almost unheard of.
Same with films. When you see it you go: "Hey look at the cigarette!".

Modern WWII PC films are especially funny. You see five people all talking no
one with a cigarette and it's 1944. No way. They'd ALL have a cigarette. But now
they're all dead. They may have dodged bullets with amazing luck. But not cancer.

The glamorous fashion models from those previous decades have all gotten
cervical or breast cancer.

No we don't want those young people to smoke. We don't want to make cool images
of people smoking. That's my opinion.


Mark Rabiner

Portland, Oregon
USA

http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
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