Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >>> >>> >>> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < >> http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // portfolio: >> <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia >>> >> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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