[Leica] Two New Galleries

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Ric,
Photographically speaking the clinic pictures, especially when you were
playing with the round examination light are very good reportage.
Historically, keep taking the images of time passing.  Just in the few
blocks around my house you would not believe the changes.  Rock clubs
covered in grafitti replace by perfectly respectable wine shops, nice two
and three bedroom middle class homes changed magically by bulldozer into
three story real mansions, high rise condo's in place of the seafood joint,
trash infested vacant lot turned into a post office.

In your series, docks and blue collar homes turned into multimillion dollar
tax right off "vacation homes".  But without the fishing at least the
wildlife has a chance to come back.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 8/1/06, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> During my week off, I gave myself two assignments.
>
> The first was to continue documenting fishing wharfs in Eastern North
> Carolina. They seem to be disappearing as catches decline and
> waterfront property prices forcing bluecollar areas to give way to
> condominiums. North Carolina requires setting property values based
> on "market" value, often forcing fishermen who inherited land on the
> water to sell as property taxes climb out of reach.
> Those wharf pictures are here along with a couple of other things I
> saw while relaxing:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album475
>
>
> My other self-assignment was to shoot a free dental clinic sponsored
> by our church. St. Peter's Episcopal in Washington, NC hosted a group
> called Open Door Dentistry of Alamance. They bring in volunteer
> dentists and hygienists to provide dental care for people who might
> otherwise not receive it. Students and faculty from UNC's Dental
> School, as well as local and other interested people. Luckily, the
> clinic director said they needed pictures more than they did another
> volunteer assistant or janitor;^) I admire all the work that folks do
> on foreign missions, but we occasionally need to reflect on the need
> of those here at home. The clinic treated about 400 people in two
> days in its mobile dentist's office.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album476
>
>
> Hope you find something of value.
>
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
>
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