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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Tina please comment
From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:14:53 +0100
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I think that would be: the reality or the cliché that serves our purposes.

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From: "Roy Feldman" <royfphoto@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Tina please comment


> Tina I am your biggest fan I would real be interested in your response
> to the points brought up by Tim A about Salad:
> Or perhaps like Salad, the reality is, these working kids in the slums see
> you taking their picture and like kids everywhere - even in some of the
> worst situations - they smile when someone - a photographer - takes
interest
> in them. But that doesn't suit his vision, or how you see this situation.
So
> he shakes his fist or scowls or shake his head so they stop smiling. The
> reality was that kids smile when you point a camera at them. The truth the
> photographer wanted to show was that these kids led desperate oppressed
> lives. So which is more important - the reality or the truth?
>
> I have to believe that with the work you do Salad has to be someone you
> admire. Comments?
> RJR
>
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