Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, I do not agree that a photo of a panhandler asking for money is necessarily exploitation. It may show a cliche, a lack of creativity, but I don't see it as any more exploitative than say David's shot. Any exploitation would be in the self-serving use of the shot. - - Phong frank theriault wrote: > > hi, Simon, > > It's slang for beggar. > > As for the photo itself, I rather cringed when I saw the title. Oh, no, > thinks I, another shot of some poor person, asking for money. It's so > difficult to capture such street people without exploiting them. > > But, I think you did it, David. This is a very sensitive portrait of this > person, that seems to tell us something about him, delves into his > personality. With no hint in the photo itself that he's a beggar. Very > well done. > > cheers, > frank - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html