Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >I don't do any of this twittering nonsense, but I've received 2 emails >today >from Magnum, so someone in their communications team must have woken >up. One >of them is for a very interesting looking exhibition at the gallery in >Paris >about Algeria 1962 - it's 50 years since the end of the war with >France, and >independence. This has been a strong theme of the last couple of terms >of my >French cinema class, so very a propos. > >B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of >> Chris Mitchell >> Sent: 12 June 2012 12:45 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: OT: Silly Magnum >> >> >> >> I just saw the following tweet from Magnum >> >> "What's your favorite photo from the Magnum archive? Tweet >> @MagnumPhotos with the hashtag #MyFavPhoto." >> >> Inane and wrong on so many levels, not least of which is how do you >> choose a favourite from so many great photographers, so many genres, >> such a wide timespan? On top of it all they said "and here's an >> example" and linked to McCurry's Afgan Girl. Indeed a great picture, >> but a bit of a lead by the nose I think. I could go on, but I won't. >> Perhaps I've been taking too much of my grumpy old git medicine but >it >> would be interesting to hear what you all think though.... >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and >> follow the directions. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
Bob and John My point was not that they are tweeting; I've picked up some interesting stuff including the McCurry rain pictures from their twitter feed. The point was the subject matter of that particular tweet. Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
