>Take it at face value: it's a photo. make of it what you will :-) > Cheers, > Cotty
I can and do take it at face value. It's all the social/political blabber that results that I wish wasn't on this photographic discussion list. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW PESO - Spare some sex? > On 18/10/04, Alin Flaider, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > On the other hand there is extreme poverty, of people struggling to > > make a living, proud people that would never beg but rather help you > > with the little they can. These should be portrayed: their hard work > > despite nil perspectives, the impact of western culture over > > their traditions, their joy over simple things. And Shel comes up > > with this and expect me to fill pity and compassion? Puah. > > Alin, with all due respect, I doubt seriously if Shel expects anything > from you at all. As the viewer of a photograph posted here, surely it is > up to you to decide what reaction you have to the image? Just because > there is intense suffering and cruelty in the world - in the USA or elsewhere - does not mean that >one particular shot should be any more or less powerful or weak because of that? >Take it at face value: it's a photo. make of it what you will :-) > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > >
