Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True, Harrison. In fact, I was rather aiming at two other experiences. Usually you do not stay untouched (inside) when you shoot other persons misery. And, you change personality: you loose contact to "usual" person's daily life or problems, when you shoot or write on other persons misery too often or too long. After a long day filled with action, crime, brutality, and other persons' misery, it's no "story", when your wife has problems with the washing mashine. Additionally, the problems of the washing mashine are "nothing" compared to your own stress, when you need to get a picture from parents, to whome you bring bad news like 'your child has just been found ... it's dead'. Besides daily deadline stress, those individual experiences belong the reasons, why most street journalists are either alcoholics, or divorced, or both. And to link this to Leica: It'd be incredible if you could not rely on your camera in your job. So you use simply the best. Alf - --------------------------------- At 12:15 26.02.1998 -0500, Harrison wrote: >upbeat. I guess when all personal belongings of not only yours, but all >of your neighbors also, are gone you are just thankful you have your >life, friends and family.