Interspersed
> [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > I don't see that the photo is tilted, but maybe I'm slow and foggy, > too <g>. I agree that there are no horizontal or vertical lines, but > to my mind (both at the time of shooting, and now), the result of all > those lines is "not tilted". Whatever the situation, I don't see the > orientation (whether tilted or not) as anything I tried to do > intentionally; rather I felt (and still do) that I shot the scene as > presented to me. That's just amazing to me ... that we see the same photo so differently. To me it's tilted, and quite obviously so. I guess this just goes to prove something my ex-wife told me: people experience things differently. > As far as the Pepsi machines, two thoughts come to mind. First of > all, placing the row of vending machines in the sight-line of the > memorial was rather unfortunate, and in my mind trivializes the > monument. In fact, I think its sanctity and "sacredness" (for lack of > a better term) is severely compromized. OK, I can understand that, but, your following comment has a lot more validity and import for me. > Secondly, to me, it spoke to the corperatization of war. I couldn't > help but wonder if that's what war's about these days: corporate > interests. There's a movie playing in one or two theatres here in > Toronto called "What We Fought For", and I was thinking of making that > the (ironic) title of this photo. I'm familiar with the movie, but, more than that, I recall Eisenhower giving the speech - vaguely, but I remember it. > I guess that I'm reading way to much into it, but that's what I > thought. In any event, I think that the poor positioning of the > monument is an insult to the soldiers that it was intended to honour. Perhaps you are, but it's your photo and your experience, so don't discount it. Cheers! Shel
