Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. stirred the pot, saying: > What, I wonder - having seen all of Salgado's books and being a great > admirer of his work - are the "profound implications of a world in > transition" that the average viewer takes away from the photos? A profound awareness that: 1. Hype springs eternal in the hearts of marketeers. 2. All Great Art must be accompanied by reams of verbal diarrhea written by an Initiated One of the Order of Deep Understanding, designed to aid the great unwashed masses in perceiving The Message, lest they be consigned to the pit of uncultured darkness and ignorance. Don't read that stuff. It's bad for you. Just look at the pictures. - --Peter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html