Yes. Travel photography sites, books and magazines are full of them. Perhaps not as strong, but despite what the news media show, smiling happy children are the rule, not the exception, so they don't have the same emotional impact.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Boris Liberman > Sent: 06 February 2007 19:30 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Words, music and pictures > > Gut-wrenching indeed. > > Without any disrespect (and I really mean that), but is there a > photographer just as strong who shows people who are not starving or > weeping by their dead children, but are rather happy? > > Boris > > > Bob W wrote: > > While surfing I came across Tom Stoddart's site again - I haven't > > looked at it for a while. Stoddart is an English photojournalist of > > the very highest calibre, and you're probably familiar with some of > > his photos, but if you haven't seen his website it's well worth a > > detour. > > > > There's some gut-wrenching stuff. > > > > http://www.tomstoddart.com/ > > > > I've met him a couple of times. He's a Leica M user and the > last time > > I met him was when I went to an outdoor exhibition he had a > few years > > ago. I was carrying my M4-2 and our rangefinders met across > a crowded > > exhibition space... He's very approachable and friendly, and we > > chatted for at least half an hour. But the things he's seen & > > photographed are unbelievable. I think he's of the same calibre as > > Nachtwey and Salgado. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
