Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:19 AM 4/16/2009, you wrote: >The whole Live Aid >phenomena was based around the principles of teaching a person to fish >rather than giving them some food, so showing tearful children as a >method of identifying is a backwards step. The only tearful child I show is a little boy in Honduras about to see a doctor at the medical clinics that we provide in rural areas. We do not give them the food rather than teaching them to fish. As a part of every medical clinic, we also have workshops for local health promoters. Doctors, dentists, and ophlamologists teach the health promoters basic first aid and nutrition. They receive the book Where There Is No Doctor and medical supplies. Then they assist the doctors in a week-long clinic. The NGOs that we work with are local grass roots agencies that promote self-development, self-sustaining agricultural projects, and small businesses. We also work with agencies in the United States who do the same kind of work in low income communities. I don't know where you are coming from and what you expect to see in my photos, but I have been photographing children and families for over 30 years. I love people and love travel and hope that is what shows in my photos. The children in my photos are NOT objects of pity and never will be. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com