Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, please. An asshole is an asshole. Are there nice people who become abrasive under pressure? Sure. Are there nice people who break under the horrors of war, and lash out at other people as a result? Sure. But if you treat those around you with contempt, you do not have compassion for humanity - because those around you are part of humanity. None of this, btw, has damn thing to do with Eugene Smith, who from everything I have read, was clearly both a genius and, to use a psychiatric term - a nut case. Smith was at various times addicted to speed and/or alcohol, and appears to have had various other problems. Now it may be that being a nut case goes with being a genius. But the great majority of talented photographers are not geniuses, so that excuse doesn't work. B. D. - -----Original Message----- 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: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:56 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Photographer's personality In a message dated 9/18/03 6:32:13 AM, LRZeitlin@aol.com writes: << Being a good photographer does not automatically make you a good person. I know many excellent photographers who were nasty SOBs. In fact being assertive and abrasive and having little regard for the feelings of others probably helps in news work. >> - ---------------------------------------------------- If there's an excuse for that type of abrasive personality, it may be due to total dedication to a life's work. You can feel great compassion for humanity, yet treat those immediately around you with contempt for intruding on your concentration with mundane concerns. br - -- 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