Photos of the Pope
I saw this image today:
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| Mourners take photos of the body of Pope John Paul II. (AP Photo by Gregorio Borgia. Used without permission.) |
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It struck me that these people have traveled from all across the world, some from thousands of miles away, and stood in line for hours upon hours with tens of thousands of others, and they finally get to the body of John Paul II and take his picture with… a cellphone? All that effort, and you’re going to end up with a grainy, blurry digital photo at maybe 640×480 resolution?
Makes you wonder where their priorities are.
April 6th, 2005 at 8:25 pm
In fairness, when I go to someone’s funeral or wake, taking a good picture of the deceased is not my priority.
April 6th, 2005 at 11:40 pm
Yeah, I agree with what Brian said. They weren’t there to take pictures. They took pictures because they were there. Big difference, at least in my mind.
April 6th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
I was shooting for irony with that last line. I know their priorities aren’t in taking a good picture; they’re mourners, not photographers.