Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>> Looking at still images is an inculturated activity. Without >>>> grooming the next mass audience, still photography could be >>>> considered spent. Pontification coming: Correct in premise, but incorrect conclusion. I think Gene Smith's Minimata photo of the mother bathing her child would affect any feeling person who saw it. Would they all have the same reaction? No. But that hardly detracts from its impact. The appeal of photography is that images of people are instantly intelligible regardless of culture. Or history. Do you not recognize images of people in cave paintings as representatively human? Of course you do. As long as there are humans, they will react emotionally to images of other humans. We can't help it. Respectfully, Ben Marks