Photo essay was by W. Eugene Smith of a town in Japan named Minimata ( sp?). ----- Original Message ----- From: tyco tyco To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:49 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: 2nd Thursdays Downtown Los Angeles Hi: This picture is similar in pose, characters and gender of characters to one published several years ago depicting a japanese(?) mother holding her child in an identical pose, by an american photogapher, showing the effect of a disease (kyorshikor? something to do with heavy metal poisoning thru ingesting sea fish) An element of plagiarism here? Best Regards John Saldanha ----- Original Message ----- From: slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 7:47 pm Subject: [rollei_list] Re: 2nd Thursdays Downtown Los Angeles To: Leica Users Group <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Forgot to ad the following; > http://phantomgalleriesla.com/nachtwey.htm > > > On Oct 8, 2008, at 11:03 AM, slobodan dimitrov wrote: > > > There is a display of images by some fellow named James > Nachtwey. > > Apparently he thinks he can use a camera for social change, a > tired > > old progressivist trope from another era. > > It might be of interest to some. > > I'll try to make it myself, just to see if there any merit to > all > > the brouhaha concerning this individual. > > s.d. > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list >