Re: [Leica] Re: war/ was rude

["geebeespaw" <geebeespaw@btopenworld.com>]

> War photography is great if you're sitting on your arse looking at a
coffee
> book or standing in some brightly lit museum eating goose pate and finger
> food.  Safe and warm, one can politely critique the eloquence of the
vision,
> the bravery of the photographer, the essence of a "decisive" moment.
>
> On the other hand, war, like any form of violence, isn't so glorious or
> beautiful if you're on the receiving end, a fact that any number of
Luggers
> on this list can probably attest to.
>
> I suppose for some the "main event" in life is to celebrate Man's blood
lust.
>  For me, I prefer lust without the blood.
>
> -kim

Or as Roger Waters puts it  "The bravery of being out of range". Track 5
"Amused to Death"


Graham

http://geebeespaw.users.btopenworld.com/






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