Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I also recall that the story is he borrowed his wife's camera, and using it was hooked on photography. On 12/8/05 12:46 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > Salgado was working for the World Bank, as far as I remember, and it was > during one of the trips he made on behalf of the bank that he started > photographing what he saw. You do not get rich by working for the World > Bank, and economists generally are not that well paid, except the few > Nobel-winning stars and the snake-oil merchants on Wall Street. So I am > sure that Salgado made the right career choice (for him!) also from the > point of view of personal finance. > > Nathan > > B. D. Colen wrote: >> There are plenty of economists who are hardly 'well off.' If I'm not >> mistaken he was involved with a coffee growers cooperative, or something >> similar. And he took up photography because he was convinced -foolishly >> I'd >> say - that he could do more to fight global economic inequity with his >> photographs than he could as an economist. While I think he's a brilliant >> photographer, I think his view of the power of photography's horse shit. >> ;-) >> >> >> On 12/6/05 1:50 PM, "feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >>> I think Salgado may actaully have been fairly well off, when he started >>> to >>> shoot. >>> He's an economist, by profession and left the field to take pictures. >>> ;-) >>> >>> feli >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> >>> >>> Hi Slobodan, >>> >>> I'd almost put money on the table he's received financial support of some >>> kind to use other than the Leica. >>> >>> ted >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> --------- >>> Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net >>> www.elanphotos.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>