Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
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Marc:
I agree this a capitalistic society and media giants are expected to be
profitable. However, are we as readers or a society of tv viewers only
interested in entertainment not being informed. Should American media have
put the world trade centre on the inside or back while arts and
entertainment on the front. Do readers not have the right to be informed as
to what is happening in the world. Or are things so great in america the
rest of the world doesn't matter. I went to cover the Canadian military in
the balkans. Canadian peacekeepers died trying to stop horriffic things
while americans didn't care. I personally have seen the bodies and the mass
graves. While you may not care about bosnians dying, should the rest of the
world not care about americans in new york. News must cover the world, good
bad amd even julia.
kevin
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>From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment
>Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 10:20 PM
>
> At 09:49 PM 2/12/02 -0500, Kevin Argue wrote:
>>The economy is not the problem. Attitude of the US media giants is the
>>problem. Read American Photographer a few years back on the World Press
>>winners and lack of publication in the US. Salgado gets in the NY Times but
>>the rest would rather pay for photos of Julia Roberts or Tom Cruise than
>>documentaries on poor parts of the world.
>>
>>Kevin Argue
>
>
> Kevin
>
> This is a capitalist society. I do recognize that Canadians attempt to
> avoid approaching this reality. Most READERS and VIEWERS would much rather
> see pictures of Julia Roberts or Tom Cruise (whoever they are) than of some
> 'poor part of the world'. The folks who OWN these publications want to
> make money, or else they'd not own them. So, cleanly and clearly, they buy
> and publish pictures which are of interest to their audience. If a
> photographer wants to shoot pictures of dismal areas which have no market,
> then so be it. He is to be lauded for his dedication to Reform and damned
> for his lack of common sense.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
>
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