Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're really into this liberal ass, aren't you? Allan Mark Davison wrote: > B. D. Colen wrote in part: > >> I don't know why stuff like this makes me crazy, but it does.;-) What > makes > > > In my book Salgado is a great economist because he has turned from the > dry > side of measuring the economy in numbers to the laborious task of > documenting the painful human consequences of economic revolutions. If > you > read the stories behind his pictures, included in some of his books as > appendices, he is still being an economist--rooting out the causes for > the > suffering and displacement that he witnesses. But I believe he wants us > to > see beyond GDP per capita figures. I would say he is practicing economic > photo-journalism. > > I only mention that he uses Leicas because that is appropriate for the > LUG, > which is formulated around brand enthusiasm. > > Those who indulge in Leica use as a form of upper-class conoisseurship > may > wish to avoid the Salgado talk--his images will not provide much > comfort for > the view that unfettered markets always maximize human happiness. > > B. D., You may have read too much irony into my announcement. > > Mark Davison > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 9:41 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16 > > >> I don't know why stuff like this makes me crazy, but it does.;-) What > makes >> Sebastio Salgado "the great economist?" Economist? Yes, he is, or was. >> But >> "great economist?" Based on what? Whose judgment? What reputation? >> Where? >> >> Great documentary photographer dedicated to using his art to drawing >> the >> attention of the world's "have's" to the plight of the "have nots?" >> Absolutely. He is a stunningly good photographer. >> >> And "Leica photographer?" Well, only if you would have called him an >> "Olympus photographer" back when Olympus was supporting him and he was > using >> Olympus gear. ;-) >> >> A truly great photographer, literally a "legend in his own time," who >> uses >> Leica gear. >> >> B. D. >> >> P.S. And I was going to be in Seattle Feb. 16 because I would love to >> hear >> him and see his presentation. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark >> Davison >> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:18 AM >> To: Leica User Group >> Subject: [Leica] Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16 >> >> >> The great economist and concerned Leica photographer Sebastio Salgado >> will >> speak Sat Feb 16 at Town Hall. He will be delivering a slide show on >> Migrations and The Children. >> >> Details at http://www.townhallseattle.org/coming.cfm >> >> >> Mark Davison >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html