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Subject: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16
From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:03:41 -0500

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
>>
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