Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina... I find your photos wonderful...aside from their wonderful technical finish...I appreciate that they radiate an especially intense humanity......... thanks.... Steve Barbour....( I am a physician, children's specialist, and sometimes a photographer). - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Kenya Photos > Hi, Peter - > > Thanks for your comments. In the case of the Central America photos, I > live with the families for several days. They eventually get used to my > photographing absolutely everything (at first they think it is hilarious) > and go about their business and lives forgetting that I'm there. I explain > to them that I am not a guest and would like to be "invisible", otherwise, > they would spend all of their time trying to take care of and entertain > me. I try to be very quiet and not draw attention to myself. I didn't have > time to do that in Kenya, but I did talk to the families about their > animals. They all wanted me to take photographs of their goat or cow and > send the photographs back to them, which I will do. They are very proud of > their animals and children, which are their total wealth. > > Thanks to a LUGnut, I was able to take 100 syringes to Kenya to donate to > an AIDS prevention clinic. They were very grateful to get them. AIDS is a > tremendous problem in all of Africa and they need all of the help they can get! > > Leically, > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > At 10:00 PM 1/21/01 -0800, you wrote: > >Beautiful work as always, Tina. You have such a knack for conveying the > >humanity and soul of your subjects. > > > >I'm curious--how do you generally work with your subjects? Apart from the > >posed "portraits," my guess is that you get people comfortable with your > >presence until they stop acting like a photographer is around. Some of > >your Nicaragua photos look like they could only have been taken by a > >member of the family. > > > >Anyway, however you do it, the results are wonderful. > > > >The Kenya photos appeared at an opportune time for me. I just configured > >and sent several computers to Zimbabwe for some health researchers who are > >going there on an AIDS prevention/research project. so my thoughts are in > >that part of the world right now. Along with a shirt button that popped > >off and must have ended up in one of the boxes. > > > >--Peter Klein > >Seattle, WA >