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

[Jean-Michel Mertz]

The pictures tell it all, almost. Are these "free" people or do they only wish to be considered as such? The gun, the shack, the pick-up truck: symbols of an eden-like wilderness / frontier? Is this a chosen lifestyle? Reminds me, all things considered, of this: "By the words, necessary of life, I mean whatever, of all that man obtains by his own exertions, has been from the first, or from long use has become, so important to human life that few, if any, whether from savageness, or poverty, or philosophy, ever attempt to do without it. To many creatures there is in this sense but one necessary of life - food." (Thoreau, Walden, "Economy").

Jean-Michel Mertz
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Objet : Re: [Leica] Perspective | Meet the men living deep in the Ozarks, away from the fray from The Washington Post

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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