> > I think it is utterly shameful and a disgrace that somebody chose to > personalise things by picking on Frank and Shel's photographs . . .
But that's not what happened. Frank & Shel first got mentioned by name as examples of photographers whose work is generally met with acclaim (apart from Frank getting teased about out-of-focus or blurry shots). It takes a pretty twisted interpretation to regard that as an attack. Furthermore, their names were picked at least partly because this all started out as a discussion of HCB and his style of photography, and Shel & Frank are probably the closest the list has to practitioners in that style. There have been some fairly intemperate remarks made about the whole "street photography" school in general, but I don't think those were directed specifically at list members.
