Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first reaction was disappointment that Ted shot such an image. My American capitalistic indoctrination making the assumption Ted was hanging a sign of ignorant on the homeless. Then I thought, na he's Canadian, so I reinterpreted the image from a more socialist perspective suggesting homelessness is the end result when education isn't supported by society. Then I thought most homelessness has nothing to do with education, rather a mental health issue, or in the U.S. a problem of unhealthy perspective. In Canada the homeless are healthier so it is just that they have a radical perspective rather then an unhealthy one. At 03:31 PM 4/7/2009, you wrote: >I really haven't been following this thread, though I was surprised to see >it as an issue from your camera. > >My code on things like this is to not shoot them. It is low hanging fruit >and easy to steer a viewer's mind to a conclusion that may be in error. We >don't know if the pair featured are ignorant or educated, so it is kind of >like pinning a sign to their backs. > >In the large version, the guy in the chair could very well be Ric Carter, >and the guy on the ground Kyle Cassidy (who we all know uses a grocery cart >as a gadget bag, since he carries all kinds of crap with him on a shoot.) > >The sign gets in the way and too bad, because it could have been a pretty >good picture. > >Sonny > > > >On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > > > I'm sure the wording on the building to the right is the most important > > these days tied into the two fellows in the middle as a story telling > > picture. And that's what caught the eye in the story telling point. > > > > > > > > That of course may not be what others see, but that's lfe in the fast > > lane > > of photojournalism. And photo editors. :-) Lifes always been like that. > > :-) > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049