Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/01

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Subject: [Leica] portrait of elizabeth (mostly safe for work)
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Oct 1 10:22:17 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC803083944EF@exchange8.asc.local> <46FF6D91.1040007@hemenway.com> <000601c80351$4be56be0$6401a8c0@asus930> <471B7676-3F5A-4F05-914F-C9C6A3A88E70@cox.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20070930132131.0249d030@comporium.net> <D04F9AF2-C40C-46E9-8038-F2F75E62EABE@cox.net> <C193A720-D8A8-44E6-A43F-7073F249E961@mac.com> <4701223B.8000505@waltjohnson.com>

On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Walt Johnson wrote:

> I'm still trying to discover what real is. Have more than a passing  
> acquaintance with fake, but not real. Hell, everything could be  
> fake. What if there isn't really any real?

when it comes to hard science and proof...

it is often said...

"we never really prove anything, we just rule out alternate theories"

Steve


>
> Walt
>
>
> Lottermoser George wrote:
>> My immediate reaction to seeing the photo: "No relationship to  
>> reality (as I experience it)."
>> Then: "illustrative. Of what? What does this intend to illustrate?  
>> I don't understand its message."
>>
>> The lighting (the reason Kyle pointed us to it) does have some  
>> appeal.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>>>> But not to me ;-)  It made me gag to look at it.  The skirt is  
>>>> too far in her mouth to be sexy - more like a gag.  That's just  
>>>> a female's perspective, though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> well it made me gag too..
>>>
>>> and a little sad too...
>>>
>>> (because of the very young girl, who looks even younger)
>>>
>>> maybe because of the proximity of the image to soft porn, the age  
>>> of the girl, mixed with the obvious manipulation and opportunism...
>>
>>
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