Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGers In regard to this matter, I wonder how many of us have used our Leicas to take pictures in places where photography is not allowed? I do not mean taking shots in classified security areas, we know that is a criminal offense. I mean at such places as rock concerts, churches, museums, royal palaces, cat houses etc. Have any of you done this? Mea culpa Jerry Ted Grant wrote: > bdcolen wrote: > > Okay, so I did understand it. In other words, someone's interest in > > taking a photo justifies intentionally violating religious strictures, > > or custom, in a foreign country? Forget camel dung in your face. Forget > > the possibility of being arrested. What happened to basic human decency? > > > > No wonder Americans are so 'beloved' in certain parts of the world these > > days.<<<<< > > B. D. , > It's that type of action that gets many folks in the glue around the world, > not just Americans! :-( If we as photographers with our Leica's don't > respect the ways and customs, religions, when we tour the world documenting > various cultures, then how can we expect the folks who are merely snap > shooters to honour the customs?. > > We, by our published pictures, set the tone for the amateur to follow. So > maybe it's time we began to set the example to be followed and to hell with > publishers and photo editors. I can honestly say I've never taken a belly > button shooting type picture as I could never understand what possible use > it could be, regardless of the "big names" who've done it. And the only > reason it supposedly made any sense was .... no one had ever done it before > "big name did" then it was promoted as a "magnificently new wave" of picture > taking as it showed people how they really were! Bull shit, it just created > a bunch of meaningless exposures! > > Well shooting from your hip, belly button or ass, doesn't create anything > but a huge number of meaningless exposures where maybe..... just maybe, the > shooter might get something different. In general if doing this breaks the > rules of a countries customs and religion when you are a visitor, it's > degrading and puts all photographers down......... regardless of whom they > are! > > ted > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html