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Subject: [Leica] Getting off topic politically - an occupational hazard
From: lists at paulhardycarter.com (PHC)
Date: Mon Apr 3 07:01:10 2006
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It doesn't strike me as that strange. When a group of dentists meet at 
the bar, do they talk about teeth? In most professional social places, 
messes and such, "shop" talk is frowned upon if not forbidden.

P.

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On 2 Apr 2006, at 18:40, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> This has probably been mentioned before, but a book I'm reading about 
> the
> history of Magnum indicates that HCB and the other founders of Magnum 
> sat
> around in cafes and talking about everything except photography (to 
> talk
> about photography would be pretentious, according to HCB). They usually
> talked about politics. Of course, back then Fascism, Communism, 
> Socialism,
> and Nazism were relatively new innovations in the way they were being
> applied.


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