Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was aware of that, Jayanand, but the bathloads of oil money came in from their neighbours after the place was turned into a Persian Gulf Las Vegas... Douglas Recovering from a morning having root canal work done. My endodontist had an interesting dental microscope - made by Global, not Leica. On 12/09/2017 11:00, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >