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Subject: [Leica] James Nachtwey's "Inferno"
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed Mar 29 19:09:03 2006

The book does weigh a ton! I agree that it could have been a bit smaller in
dimensions.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D.
Colen
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] James Nachtwey's "Inferno"


It's work of astounding quality, but I find the book overwhelming - many of 
the images are too big to be viewed as close as they must be in a book, and 
there are just too many of them for a single book. 
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...... Original Message .......
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:37:03 -0600 "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> 
wrote:
"I just received my copy of James Nachtwey's "Inferno". It isn't easy to go
"through, but his images are so redoubtable, it is impossible to ignore 
them.
"Think of it as a lesson in how to have to the stomach to take pictures of
"incredible suffering. You can see why he changed his title from War
"Photographer to Anti-War Photographer. It makes me ponder how this sort of
"suffering can be happening while we are wasting so much money and energy on
"idiotic pursuits. I recommend the book, but I doubt that it should be next
"to "Martha Stewart Entertaining" on your coffee table. " "Jeffery Smith
"New Orleans, LA "http://www.400tx.com " " " " "
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