Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know it?s not for everyone on the planet; I?m far from approving. However my guess is that in part the guns are how they eat. I can?t explain the rest in terms you?d understand because I?ve been around it all my life and I don?t understand. I have a cousin who would look at home in these shots, and no, it?s not Ric! Son On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:08 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Cars, guns and glasses may be a given for you, and in part for no guns me. > But not for everyone on the planet (ask Tina in Bangladesh). > > My reference to them was not about their value in bucks. Rather, I > questioned their mere existence in the community which to me seems to be > the limit of their ? retreat ? from the world as we live it, as they don?t > seem to offer alternative ways of doing so. > > But yes, the photos are OK :-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > Le 25 f?vr. 2019 ? 01:07, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > > > Owning guns in TheUSA is not a measure of wealth, indeed some of these > > people may use them to gather food. > > > > Ditto old pickup trucks. Distances are great here. > > > > We saw the state of one guy?s glasses, he appeared blind in one eye and > > nearly so in another. > > > > Glasses.. lots of people make do with cheap reading glasses. > > > > In a village, the community often provides what an individual can?t. Our > > poverty is different from what you?ve seen in the remote villages. > > > > I know some people like this. I can?t answer your questions. > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:14 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at > > leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Good coverage of a puzzling community. > >> > >> Now, they wear glasses, drive cars, and own rifles. None of these in the > >> remote villages I?ve just visited. > >> So, what would they be turning their back on if it were deliberate? > >> Since details on their motivation are missing, I?m left wondering. > >> > >> Amities > >> > >> Philippe > >> > >> > >> > >>> Le 23 f?vr. 2019 ? 19:18, Robert Baron via LUG <lug at > >>> leica-users.org> a > >> ?crit : > >>> > >>> > >> > https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/02/22/meet-men-living-deep-ozarks-away-fray/?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.b0ef498bf8f8 > >>> > >>> A fascinating group of well shot photographs in my opinion. > >>> > >>> --Bob > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA