Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Matthew Powell wrote >>> I see no reason to separate art and politics. Most any art form that tries > to tell a story - be it Leni or Salgado's photography, Kubrick's movies, > Picasso's paintings - is going to be informed and influenced by ideology and > philosophy.<<<< Hi Matthew, When I spent the better part of 10 years documenting the medical profession to produce the book, "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler" I don't know where politics or ideology came into it at any time. Actually never crossed my mind at anytime, as I was too busy shooting what was before me in the best fashion I could to capture all the activities. I don't understand all the fuss and key pounding, not your post, but the many others about the politics and ideology behind the photography of some of the great photo documentaries of our times. Sometimes I wonder if folks on the LUG read far too many things into pictures or they watch way too much TV with wild imaginations. Be best for them to sit down and talk to the people they're talking about and find out what was in "their minds" while shooting. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html