RE: [Leica] Re: Where We Post From

["Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>]

Brian,

Great story. And some very good points. We shouldn't forget history. These
days we seem to, all too frequently. Moreso, even,  when we're proximate to
the remnants.  

I think you've hit on one reason I've always been fascinated with
documentary photography. It's a record of history -- the big and the small
events. 

Portland is already gearing up for the 200th Anniversary of the Corp of
Discovery journey in 1805-6. That should be interesting.   

Dave

- -----Original Message-----
From: Brian Reid [mailto:reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:05 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Where We Post From

...The day we arrived there was a giant festival going on called "The End of
the
Trail"... Nobody at the festival actually cared about the trail; they had
collectively lost their roots and were just trading on the geographic
identity
of the place. All of the people who were dancing and partying at "The End of
the Trail Festival" had in fact forgotten the trail, forgotten why they
lived
in Oregon, forgotten the forces that made their festival possible.