Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry about that last one hit the send key before I spell checked. This is a cleaned up version. I've had a similar experience with The Rolling Stone. In 1991-92, I covered the drywaller strike, with my Leicas no less. for The Carpenter magazine. An assistant photo editor called for materials on the strike. They used one of photos of a picket line, the rest they imported a photographer_from the outside_of the events, recording only the aftermath. The rest came from newspaper and TV sources. As it turned out, the imported posed the key full page shot of the drywallers in a V. The only thing wrong, was that they placed the only recoginzable_white guy_in front, implying that he was the leader of the action. Apart from the successful RICO Suit that used the article for evidence, we had some really angry Latino workers who felt that a racist manipulation had taken place. Of course, The Rolling Stone was clueless, and still is to this day. Now when I skim through The Rolling Stone magazine, I don't even bother looking at the articles on the national issues. Although I have to admit, I came perilously close with this current issue, as an acquaintance, Robert Yager, shot this current piece on immigrants. He uses an M6 with a 35mm f14. APO Summilux for much of this kind of work. Since we're on the subject, R. Yager is a British immigrant, who learned photography over there. Does that make a difference in his shooting style? Slobodan Dimitrov - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html