Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, I apprecite very much this interesting dialogue and you gave me a new manner to view and intend approach the intimacy of the persons who suffer this situation. Yes, it is a very long and difficult way (it requires many time), but maybe one of the best to be conscious of the real problems. Thank you very much Lluis El 07/04/2009, a las 0:43, George Lottermoser escribi?: > On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >> I've thought a lot about this George...on the one hand the impact >> is on people, and on a massive scale...how best to convey that ? > > In my experience "taking on an assignment" > as a documentary photographer (or journalist) > always results in a shift of consciousness. > > I had preconceived notions and expectations about this topic. > As I actually began to look around my community with the question, > "where's the evidence?" I saw things that I didn't see before. > I live here and drive around most days and didn't really notice the > rather phenomenal increase in empty retail and office space. > > The people I'm talking to also seem to deny and / or not notice > changes. > >> ie the people and the scale...? > > It's happening on a large scale; however, not all at once. Slowly, > one person, one family at a time. > The headline stories tell us about bankers and millionaires and > Ponzi schemes. > It's much harder to find the people who have been laid off, lost > their insurance, etc. > >> Almost any selected (even powerful) single image or more images, >> can be found without trying too hard during the best of times, how >> to demonstrate the reality, the change, the scope... using images, >> now that we are experiencing bad times...? > > Correct. Those are the questions. And only opening our eyes, meeting > people and asking the right questions directly will we discover the > answers - the real stories. That's the assignment. > >> On the one hand the project seems surprisingly easy, yet >> ultimately surprisingly extremely difficult... > > When I originally phrased the assignment I thought the same thing. > Easy enough. > I've since come to the same conclusion. Extremely difficult. > And, for me, will be on-going (between attempting to stay afloat > myself). > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information