Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, you're wasting the time trying to explain some obvious and real facts to some ignorant people, to be said politely. some things need to be understood at once, for those who cannot get the stuff, is obviously they will not get it. And guess why. Yes, political issues. They become blind enough not to see a homeless, a poor, or starving right at the entrance of their own houses. sadly, you're wasting the time. sadly those people can't be obliged to keep their eyes open. that's the way we are. Sad. - -- Pablo Kolodny www.pablokolodny.com > > It really is pretty pathetic. But it has its value because it brings all the > like-minded trolls out from under the bridge and into the light of day. ;-) > > In terms of what Salgado donates...He donates his family life, as he is on > the road for months and months at a time and therefore misses seeing his > children grow up, to say nothing of time he would otherwise spend with his > wife and friends. He travels throughout the "third world" by public > transportation and lives under the worst of conditions. In short, he walks > the walk. > > All of that is, however, really quite irrelevant. Regardless of his > politics, his donations, he political goals, or his economic world-view, > Sabastio Salgado is a truly gifted photographer and documentarian, whose > work is documenting the lives of the truly poor and the ways that he > believes their existence is being shaped by larger economic trends beyond > their control. He documents poverty overseas just at Eugene Richards > documents it in this country - but Salgado is, of course, a vastly superior > photographer from a technical standpoint. He documents poverty just as Donna > Ferrato (sp?) documents domestic violence, or just as Walker Evans > documented the lives of tenant farmers in the Mississippi Delta in the > 1930s. He does what documentary photographers do. And that has always > angered the selfishly comfortable. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve > Unsworth > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:44 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16 > > > Do you know how much Salgado donates to causes? No, I didn't think so. > > This is just about the worst troll I've ever seen on the LUG. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike Gil > Sent: 12 February 2002 23:28 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Salgado to speak in Seattle Feb 16 > > > It's always interesting how socialist or non-classical > liberals always wants everybodies money except there > own to go to a cause. Why does Salgado not give his > $1500 M camera and $1800 35mm ASPH 1.4 to his starving > and needy subjects. He can easly buy a Pentax MX for > $200 plus a 35mm for less than a $100 and shoot with > that. > > I think its hard to feel compassion when your hiding > behind $3500 worth of equipment plus whats in your > bag. > mike > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > -- > 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