Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's hard not to agree with what everyone has said, although I'm in particular agreement with Brian, Douglas and Clayton. Awful. Nick ----- Original Message ---- From: R. Clayton McKee <leica@rcmckee.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, 5 July, 2006 11:16:10 P Subject: Re: [Leica] Jill Greenberg's Distressed Children On 5 Jul 2006 at 14:20, Tina Manley wrote: > 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? VERY questionable technique. I'm not sure it meets the legal standards for child abuse, but it's certainly not something I'd willing subject children to if they were in my care. And her "artist's statement" is the most incoherent, self- aggrandizing bunch of CRAP since ... that should go on the forum so I won't finish it. Suffice it that she's entirely comfortable doing things that bear a close resemblance to the things she decries others for doing. Oh. And the final images suck. YMMV. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information