[Leica] Dubai

[Douglas Barry]

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
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>>> 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
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