Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> How about we discuss photographing the conflict, rather than get into the > politics of the conflict? BD is right. I will not utter a further word on this. Conflicts ... I finished journalism school in the mid-seventies. Couldn't get much of a job ... freelancing for the Alton Telegraph, taking pictures of "high society" ladies cutting cakes and things like that. Decided to head out into the big world and make a go at it. This was the time Life went under ... David Burnett had just landed a job there and then got the rug pulled out from under him. A lot better people than I were looking for jobs. Walked into a South African news agents office in London and suggested the Rhodesian situation. Gave them a pitch ... they bought it, were going to send me there. I smelled a rat. Like I said, a lot better people than I were looking for work and they were going to give it to me after one meeting. Backed out. Didn't want to go in on the wrong side of the conflict. Since then ... I've spent about 10% or more of the last ten years in Zimbabwe (hope that keyword didn't spark our latest Nigerian letters). I'm going back next week. Can easily fit into the right side ... tempting, tempting. Daniel PS: Once again, thanks BD. I'm out of it. D - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html