Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The sign says "Hillary for Prison" and the debate was yesterday. Putting it on the list is just like pushing a button. While the photographer may be well thought of for his body of work this was a troll on the Lug and worked quite well. On 9/29/16 6:04 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Presenting in politically charged image on the LUG during a heated election > year such as this can to nothing but incite another stupid political > discourse. > Its kind of like pooping in a paper bag lighting it on fire and putting it > on > someone's doorstep ringing the doorbell and running and hiding behind a > bush > so you can watch going "tee he he" as they stamp out the fire with > ensuing... > And its not the first time this kind of thing was done to the same effect > and > by this particular person. > > On 9/29/16 9:44 AM, "Howard L Ritter Jr" <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > >> +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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users >> Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/