Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dubai has no oil at all! Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 12-Sep-2017, at 15:28, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > I'd agree Bharani, and even though Dubai is slightly more liberal than > some of the other places out there, I'd hate to live there. I like > Hannes's stuff. The Chill Out Lounge shot shows a sort of haunted > emptiness in the man's face and evokes contemplation of the preposterous > artificiality of the population's lives living amidst the artificial > landscapes of a country wrenched from its back-history by bathloads of oil > money. > > Douglas > >> On 12/09/2017 03:10, scleroplex wrote: >> Dear Tina, >> I think the fact that it is hard to get into the private spaces that >> characterise life in the Gulf made Nick's portfolio attractive to the >> judges. >> >> Dubai and the entire Gulf is a place that loathes transparency and >> street photography. >> Women threaten you with arrest or worse for taking photos on public >> streets. >> So of course I usually end up daring them: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/35214658460 >> >> Cheers! >> Bharani >> >> >> Message: 33 >> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:34:53 -0400 >>> From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> >> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com, Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, >> paw <paw at micapeak.com>, seephoto <seephoto at micapeak.com> >> Subject: [Leica] Dubai >> Message-ID: >> <CA+yJO1DQdExU1o4SGrw4ipZ0kLtagaCquwmiuGhBgawp6NEEfA at >> mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> I continue to be dismayed at what passes for interesting photography these >> days. And this is Magnum: >> >> http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170717-striking-photos-of-the-las-vegas-of-the-gulf >> >> This year?s Magnum Awards have just been announced. The documentary series >> winner, Nick Hannes, gives an insight into his project revealing how >> Dubai?s super-rich live. >> >> I guess I just don't get it. >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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