Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely right, Scott...Photojournalists are not social workers; they are not aid workers; they are photojournalists, photographers making image of news events and situations around the world. Being a photographer requires using cameras. Cameras are expensive, worth more than the annual income of many people being photographed. But so what? Would it be better if James Nachtwey and Sabastian Salgado - and Tina Manley - sold their cameras and donated the money to some fund specified by Angelina Jolie, and stopped providing the world with visual reminders of the awful conditions under which so many live? I think not. On 4/26/06 1:33 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > This makes it sound like a bad thing. We don't complain when > the amoeba is studied by the scientist under the microscope. Same > for the photographer's concern with the downtrodden - it's a good > thing, and not one bit of hypocricy involved, IMHO. It's insanity > to truly *want* to feel the pain of the truly suffering. > > Scott > >>> , I can see the new Leicas in action. A horde of photojournalists >>> with 10 or 15 grand hanging around their necks stalking the poor, >>> downtrodden masses. The oh so concerned looks on their faces while >>> they mutter, "we want to feel your pain". >>>