Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:57 AM 11/14/97 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-11-13 07:21:08 EST, you write: > ><< Ah! That's why I don't like TERRA as much as WORKERS (?) >> > > >It's My opinion that Salgado's best work is An Uncertain Grace. I really can't say which I think is better. An Uncertain Grace is about people who populate mountainous regions. Workers is more an "archeology of industrialism" or trying to capture not just the people themselves but the work that they do before it disappears. The former, to me, is more lyrical, based on his love of those people. The latter is more a sad look at the passing an honorable way to make a living (with one's hands). To me they are equally good. I can only imagine what the body of his work will look like in the end. I hope I'm around to see it. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"