Interesting Buford, thanks for the insight.
Norm
Buford Terrell wrote:
> At 07:30 AM 05/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Luis Pinar wrote:
> >>
> >> What's the point? Were they taken with Pentax equipment?
> >
> >See Treena's comment below:
> >
> > These photos are both disturbing and heartbreaking
> > at the same time. I referred this website to my
> > husband, who believes it could be a great help
> > in the anti-drug education classes he teaches at
> > the school. Thanks for the link.
> >
> >Just another point of view.
> >
> >My feeling is this: drugs and the problems associated with drugs
> >have taken an immeasurable toll on society as a whole, and on many
> >countless millions of individuals. Perhaps these photos can in some
> >way help one or two people by putting the potential ravages of drug
> >use into some perspective. That, Luis, is the point!
> >--
> >Shel Belinkoff
>
> I first sent this reply privately to Shel, but I think it needs repeating
> here.
> These pictures are a propaganda scam designed to pull your
> heartstrings, not convince your head. What I told Shel was:
>
> Thanks for pointing out this dramatic and moving site.
> I teach Controlled Substances Law and have been active
> in working on the drug laws for several years. I'm
> sure I will be using this essay for some purposes.
>
> However, it's probably best as an example of how
> photography can be used to lie. Compare some of the
> later pictures in the series to, for instance, Dorothy Lange's
> Okie mother; what you are seeing is the effects of poverty
> and life on the street; not the effects of drugs or
> prostitution either. A woman's sad life is being callously
> used by the police department for propaganda purposes.
>
> Incorporating pictures like this in a drug education course
> would be a real disservice to the students, who need facts,
> not hysteria.
>
> I HOPE a Pentax was not used for this kind of misrepresentation.
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