Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 The photo was offered as an interesting image, not as a political promotion. Would anyone object to posting photographically interesting images of an anti-Trump or anti-Clinton rally? Don?t we all wish we had been the one to have snapped the iconic image of a Black man in a 3-piece suit at a protest about to be skewered by a bigot using a flagstaff, replete with Old Glory, as a spear? ?howard > On Sep 29, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > To my mind, the photo was no indication of Chris's politics. > > Like many of his images it was a document of the state of mind in his part > of the world. > > It was less a political statement of his stance than Jim's of LBGT events > or even some Lluis's images. > > It was not judgemental in any way, unlike the frequent reactions of disgust > over obesity, or drunk jokes about rosacea sufferers. > > I didn't like the content, but it's an image portraying something I live > with everyday. It's not even the worst I've seen. > > When people say they don't like flowers or cats, I don't care. I want you > to look at the photography, the light, the composition, not the pretty > flower or the cute cat. > > Chris made no statement about his personal beliefs, but the composition was > terrific, as usual, and the background elements combined to make a powerful > image. > > Look at it again as a photographer. > > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2489 > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information