Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I take pictures of my niece and nephews crying away whenever I get the chance. The two little nephews seem to cry once every 30 minutes or so if not more, so there are plenty of chances :-) Lately, I can't be around them at all due to my health. Oh, well. Scott Kenneth Frazier wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 05:37 PM 9/20/2006, you wrote: >> >>> >From the LUG dictionary. >>> A "Greenberg" is a child photo depicting a distressed child. The >>> distress is provoked by the photographer by allegedly abruptly >>> removing their lollypop in order to capture the resulting expression. >> >> >> I can't believe she got some of those expressions by just taking a >> lollipop away. Some of those kids look like they've been told that >> their favorite pet was killed or their mother just died! In any >> case, there's no good reason for making a child cry - especially in >> the name of "ART". >> >> Tina >> > > Tina, I attended an opening at a gallery not long ago and, in > addition to painting, sculpture, pottery, etc., there were also a > number of photographs displayed. One of them was of a young girl, > perhaps 5 or 6, whose facial expression, while not manipulated like > Greenberg's stuff, was clearly born of distress. Something had to > have been done, or said, that caused her face to screw up as if she > were ready to bawl her eyes out. > > I don't get it. > > Ken > ----------------------------------- > The Rev. Kenneth Frazier > Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ > ---------------------------------- > Current Leica Photography (PESO): > http://gallery2.leica-users.org/v/kennybod/ > > Current Medium Format Photos: > http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn > > Current Leica Photography (in move to new gallery) > http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)