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

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Subject: [Leica] Jill Greenberg's Distressed Children
From: jkoplen at mindspring.com (Julian Koplen)
Date: Wed Jul 5 17:53:37 2006
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060705141614.06cac798@infoave.net>

Because the parents *may* have a legal right to allow it, doesn't 
mean they have a moral right to do so.

I find neither entertainment nor artistic value in those 
pictures.  The pictures and the callousness they represent are simply 
repugnat to me.

Julian

At 02:20 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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