Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm well aware of that belief, Douglas - I still think that it's sad that a photographer who has made such a contribution in terms of his ability capture the sad state of the human condition in so much of the world has turned to photographing primates. On 12/6/05 2:08 PM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > B.D. Colen wrote: > >> Well isn't it sad that he didn't think people were important enough for >> larger format - but monkeys are. > > If you were to read the interviews with Salgado in the link that Jayanand > posted > >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/salgado/story/0,15021,1301861,00.html > > it seems that Salgado doesn't believe that 'monkeys' are more important > than > people. It's more like he's finding common ground among people and > non-human > life and that the earth as the foundation for all life is of primary > importance. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information