Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: tragedy upon tragedy
From: "Wilber Jeffcoat" <wilber@jeffcoatphotography.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:44:08 -0500
References: <FE389C5B196ED511AB210090273CEFD058D04A@cca_exchng.ccapr.com>

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
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