[Leica] Perspective | Meet the men living deep in the Ozarks, away from the fray from The Washington Post

[Sonny Carter]

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 févr. 2019 à 01:07, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> écrit :
> >
> > 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 févr. 2019 à 19:18, Robert Baron via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> >> écrit :
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> 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
> >>>
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> >
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Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA