Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Partners in Health is also a worthy agency. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Kyle - > > I say it's very admirable and the promoters have the best of intentions; > however, with the state of the profession of photography today, I would > really hesitate to encourage anybody to pursue photography as a profession. > Teach them plumbing or electricity or something for which there is a > demand > and limited supply. Then, once they are able to make a living, they can > pursue photography as a hobby. I really and truly cannot imagine the young > Haitian photographers being able to make a living wage with photography in > the future. Adding more and more students to supply more and more photos > for a dwindling market where most content is assumed to be free is a > questionable endeavor. > > Sorry to be so pessimistic. I'll send my contributions to the Red Cross or > Heifer Project International. But YMMV!! > > Tina > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu > >wrote: > > > Something like Jeff Mills' Young Haitian Documentary Photographers Group: > > > > http://www.rocksandtrees.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=109 > > > > What say you? > > > > Kyle > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA