Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank T. wrote (in part): >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. - -- Frank: Although it doesn't show in the photo, the gentleman is wheelchair bound and quietly begs on the same corner, every day, rain or shine. However, my interest was not in showing these two aspects of the man, but rather his very interesting face. I think it worked. As for exploitation... well, in a sense, yes. However, I first asked his permission to take his photo. Secondly, afterwards, I added substantially to his 'collection'. Much more so than I might otherwise have done. So, who 'exploited' who? Thank you, for your kind comments. - ---------- David Young, | égalité, liberté, Victoria, CANADA | fraternité et Beaujolais. Website at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html