Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] The Panhandler...
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:59:45 -0400

Hardly contemptuous, Chris, to consider a homeless alcoholic sprawled on
the sidewalk "pathetic." 

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Saganich,
Christopher/Medical Physics
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:37 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] The Panhandler...


BD,
"pathetic subject"?  Subject being the person who is homeless or
homelessness in general?  And by pathetic you mean having the capacity
to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity?  It seems you
might be in danger of falling on the contemptuous side of things.  More
photo critique and less moralizing, please.

Chris Saganich


- -----Original Message-----
From: bdcolen@earthlink.net [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:51 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] The Panhandler...

Not only don't I believe that; I don't believe that you believe that.
;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
Afterswift@aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] The Panhandler...



In a message dated 8/11/03 7:59:32 AM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:

<< Does anyone think that these photos - again, with the rarest of

exceptions - inform anyone, help anyone? If they don't, then the already

pathetic subject simply becomes camera club fodder for the photographer.

"Hey, look at this cool photo of this bum - aren't those shadows across

his face meaningful?" >>

BD,

Maybe the photo is a sign of respect, a recognition that a human being,
no 
matter how alienated from society is part of it. 

br
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