Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/05

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Subject: [Leica] Jill Greenberg's Distressed Children
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Wed Jul 5 14:50:29 2006
 
Tina Manley writes:

> LUG:
> 
> There is a fierce debate going on over on PhotoPro about this 
> photographer's work:
> http://www.paulkopeikingallery.com/artists/greenberg/exhibitions/endtimes/index.htm
> 
> She deliberately provokes children in order to photograph them 
> with 
> distressed expressions.  What is the LUG's opinion?  Of the 
> photography and of the methods used?
> 
> Here is one opinion and some rebuttal
> http://thomashawk.com/2006/04/jill-greenberg-is-sick-woman-who.html
> 
> Tina

Tina,

I believe that the photographer is need of medical assistance. She is 
obviously quite sick. After that, and a few months in a state prison, her 
picture should be taken for inclusion in the book the local police use to 
warn neighborhood's that a deviant is in their midst.

Regards,

Greg