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Subject: [Leica] Ooops
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:04:50 -0800
References: <C7BF17DA.2D919%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

I've been covering a mine lockout in Boron. It is hard to see the faces of 
folks who feel they are up against a wall with little or no recourse.
A friend made this youtube with my images. Youtube is far from flattering 
with the images. I did all but four, those around 3;26, of folks on the road 
are some else's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAuBV_2GR8
S.d.

On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:

> It has, Richard, a lot. We're relatively poor but we have a place to live
> and we eat good food every day and I even have a little money to spend on 
> my
> son and to buy film. The M9 will have to wait though, lol!
> 
> I'm lucky, I have an income from a client in Santa Fe now and I sell my
> photos off my website fairly often. So many people here in Ft. Wayne,
> Indiana have lost everything because of the economy here and no one here
> will help them. The attitude is, "if you're poor or you lose your job,
> you're trash and you deserved it, no go die so we have to look at you." I
> keep wondering if the experience of poverty will change people here and 
> make
> them more caring for their fellow man, but I am not hopeful.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-424-0897
> 
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
> 
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/11/10 9:02 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> 
>> Yea Chris, I heard your story before on the other list.  I hope your
>> situation has improved.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Chris Crawford <
>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> They are when you literally have nothing else, cannot find a job, are
>>> homeless, and no one cares if you live or die, and you have a young son
>>> crying because his belly hurts that he's hungry. I've been there.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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