Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-----Original Message----- >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> >There are plenty of economists who are hardly 'well off.' If I'm not >mistaken he was involved with a coffee growers cooperative, or something >similar. And he took up photography because he was convinced -foolishly I'd >say - that he could do more to fight global economic inequity with his >photographs than he could as an economist. > >While I think he's a brilliant photographer, I think his view of the power >of >photography's horse shit. ;-) Do you feel the same way about Nachwey's work? He says that he shoots, because he's trying to make a difference. How about Smith? His essay on Minimata, changed the enviromental laws in Japan... feli --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com