Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] Stock Photography
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0400
References: <4ADF0E4A.2010400@comporium.net> <5464C8B2604245D7B2C28B330C67185E@syneticfeba505> <4ADF4769.9090202@comcast.net> <6.2.5.6.2.20091021150415.02c252e8@med.cornell.edu> <EFA4092628474E8FB4B4897BAD55C99C@syneticfeba505>

Lets see if I can put tit in terms folks can understand:

A photograph has about as much value as a Happy Meal.


At 06:11 PM 10/21/2009, you wrote:
>From: "Chris Saganich" <chs2018 at med.cornell.edu>
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:50 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Stock Photography
>
>
>>Advertising IS maleficence in action.  Editorial is not so much
>>better in my book, just promoting the rational.  It's easy to
>>rationalize "making a living" doing just about anything.  Too bad
>>that seems to be where the argument ends, that making a living
>>justifies ignoring the ethical comportment of the industries we work
>>in.  I can only wish I could choose which images could be stripped
>>naked, exploited, and discarded and which ones could not.    The very
>>idea of purposely making an image for that destiny turns my
>>stomach.  Like a rack of ribs to a Buddhist.
>
>Gee Chris I sure wish I understood what you mean ? Maybe I could be 
>of help to clear this up in your description. Maybe?
>Dr. ted
>
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