Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank You B.D. very well put. Would be nice if folks would engage the brain first. Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@ccapr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: tragedy upon tragedy > This is really one of the more thoughtless, just plain stupid posts I've > read on the LUG in months if not years. > > First, no one was saying that the loss of material items in any way > equates to, or should be considered comparable to, the loss of human > life. > > Second, the photographer WAS protecting them by placing them in a bank > vault. Who could have possibly imagined that a jet plane fully loaded > with fuel would be flown into the World Trade Center, causing the > collapse of the building, and loss of the bank, the vault, and the > photos. > > Third, whether one liked JFK, admires him, or, for that matter, detests > all things Kennedy, the negatives were a cultural/political treasure, > and their loss is our loss - particularly so for any American with even > a passing interest in photo journalism or documentary photography. > > Again, what a just plain stupid post. > > B. D. Colen > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 12:18 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: tragedy upon tragedy > > > >Thousands of negatives featuring John F Kennedy are feared missing > >after it was revealed that the late US President's personal > >photographer had placed them in a bank vault at the World Trade Center > >for safe keeping. > > My first reaction is... so? What's the big deal? Anytime we're > dealing with the loss of human life, material possessions just don't > matter. > > People lose valuable negatives all the time when they're in shoe boxes > and their basement floods. It's pretty similar. Don't put all your > eggs in one metaphorical basket. If you have thousands of irreplaceable > negatives, maybe the responsible thing would be to make dupes and store > them at multiple off site locations. The same guidelines that apply to > data protection and disaster recovery apply here, too. > > > Eric > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html