Re: MagnumPhotos on Darfur,Sudan

[Paul Stenquist]

There are some great shots here, and some very ordinary ones. I don't  
know that I find the blurry shots particularly interesting. The blur  
doesn't seem to contribute to the message. As far as people on the list  
objecting to shots of those in distress, I can't recall that ever  
happening. Thus, I don't understand the purpose of Shel's obviously  
facetious message.
Paul
On Nov 12, 2004, at 4:10 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Really! Putting up pictures of people in distress and suffering has no
place on the pentax list.  Are you trying to push your political or  
social
agenda here.  It's been determined by a "minority consensus" that  
photos of
this sort are unwelcome and out of place on this list.  Please stick to
landscapes, pictures of flowers, or those of pets.

Shel

[Original Message]
From: Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11/12/2004 4:41:38 AM
Subject: MagnumPhotos on Darfur,Sudan
Hi,
   friend forwarded to me an excellent piece of photojournalism from
   Magnum photog Paolo Pellegrin, who was photographing in Darfur,
   Sudan. As some might know, in Darfur is now for some time going on
   a genocide against one ethnicum, which might in scope and brutality
   resemble very much the Rwanda/Ugundi genocide ten years before. As
   usual, international community is doing almost nothing to stop
   it...
   The photographs are excellent, some of them very nicely blurry,
   completely different from which might you see in any news agency
   pictures.

http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx? 
Stat=DocZoom_DocThumb&V=C
DocT&o=UY5&Total=45&Pic=45&DT=ALB&Pass=&E=2TYRYDAMUI3N
Good light!
           fra