John Mason <profmason@yahoo.com> writes on 15 May 2002 at 21:13:26 -0700 > >> I imagine that this is the sort of thing > >>18-year-olds > >> get excited about in Photo Essay 101. Never got a > >> chance to take that course. > > >This seems gratuitously nasty to me, especially when > >directed at a > >photographer of Jeff's stature. It's hard not to > >interpret this as > >hostile, despite your introductory plea. (and Jeff, > >at least, will > >remember that I'm not shy about criticizing those of > >greater stature > >than myself). > > Holy shit. I didn't realize I'd expressed myself so > poorly. I meant that my questions must have sounded > like they came from someone in Photo Essay 101, which > remains a course I've never taken. Then I apologize for taking it differently; I read it as referring to the *photo essay*, rather than your own comments. Sorry! -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/