> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/02/03 Sun AM 09:17:58 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Bad taste reaches new depths > > I've recently read an interesting biography of Leni Riefenstahl > ('Leni' by Stephen Bach), and watched the fascinating video-bio 'The > Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl'. > > Susan Sontag first praised Riefenstahl in the 1960s, then buried her > in the 1970s, and this fascinates me because her long-time partner, > Annie Leibovitz, is very clearly influenced by Riefenstahl in a lot of > her photography - but particularly her Olympic Portraits. Which must > have made for some interesting conversations in the Sontag / Leibovitz > household. > > Anyway, while googling around for more about Leibovitz and Riefenstahl > I stumbled upon the following monstrosities from Leibovitz's camera. > Don't look unless you have a strong stomach: > > http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/index?name=Gallery&; > bhcp=1 > > I don't know which is the greater crime against good taste, that or > Triumph of the Will.
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