Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/salgado/story/0,,1301926,00.html#article_continue so we are both right. He was employed by the coffee organization, but there was a World Bank connection as well on that particular trip. Nathan B. D. Colen wrote: > http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031006-47 > > > On 10/1/06 8:00 PM, "Anders Nygren" <anders.nygren@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> A long time ago Nathan 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." >> >> >> On 10/1/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >> >>> I know he's an economist, but I believe that he was doing work with a >>> coffee >>> cooperative of some sort, borrowed his wife's camera when he went on >>> trip, >>> and the rest is history.;-) >>> >>> >>> On 10/1/06 5:47 PM, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2006, at 2:35 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Not to beat a dead horse - ah, what the hell, they can't bite or >>>>> kick ;-) - >>>>> but what major documentarian hasn't done commissioned work of one >>>>> kind or >>>>> another? Good God, Eugene Richards has done ad campaigns for Nike >>>>> and Levis, >>>>> Mary Ellen Mark regularly does commercial work, and on and on. And >>>>> perhaps >>>>> I'm delusional at this point on a rainy Sunday, but wasn't Salgado an >>>>> economist with some sort of Latin America coffee growers >>>>> cooperative or some >>>>> such? >>>>> >>>> I seem to recall Salgado being trained in economy in Paris well >>>> before he ever ventured into photography... >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/1/06 5:03 PM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Philippe >>>>>> >>>>>> I had a Nespresso machine in my office before Amici Caff?/Illy >>>>>> became my >>>>>> client. I got a X1 espresso machine and a few kg of coffee beans. >>>>>> I have given >>>>>> away the Nespresso machine as well as about 200 capsules of >>>>>> coffee, for free >>>>>> and without regrets. Nespresso is at least three floors below >>>>>> Illy. It's like >>>>>> comparing a a 1999 Rioja Conde de Valdemar (certainly a fine all >>>>>> day red >>>>>> wine), to a 1979 Ch?teau Mouton-Rothschild Grand Cru Class?. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Amici (swiss illy) website I've recently created is in french, >>>>>> too, find >>>>>> some interesting articles about how illy is: >>>>>> >>>>>> -handling the production of coffee*: >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/j8fhk >>>>>> >>>>>> -tasting Coffee*: >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/m5ckk >>>>>> >>>>>> -selectioning the raw goods: >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/gg9hl >>>>>> >>>>>> -practising "Commerce ?quitable": >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/f95zw >>>>>> >>>>>> (*flash player required) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Didier >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> This one ain't bad either: >>>>>>> http://www.nespresso.com/precom/n_home_be_en.html >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog