Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/22/05 11:46 AM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> typed: > That's true in Chinese society, isn't it? I remember having a great deal of > difficulty to tell my family that, yes, while we can afford new clothes for > our children, it makes so much more sense to buy used clothes since they > grow up out it so fast... When I was growing up, we were so poor that you > passing down the clothes to another person in the family or to your friends > until there's no fabric left is the norm :-). So the stigma is "why > wouldn't nice clean clothes be in the store? Did something happen to the > child?" etc. > Why black and white? Can't you afford color? But I think half the people who claim to be asking these questions really know the answer ahead of time. There seems to be the need to perpetuate a kind of ignorance. Very frustrating to those who think things should make sense and that people are having a straight conversation. The whole "class" thing gets really weird fast. All this feigned ignorance. Somewhere along the line they just may have heard the rumor that black and white cost about the same as color now. And have even heard that black and white has a generally higher artistic regard. But we cant have that can we? There's upward mobility but also an equally strong drive for other people to remain in the class that they are in. Getting uppity. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/