Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Sep 29 14:05:24 2006

Sorry!  It's Batdorf & Bronson for me in Olympia, WA.


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From: "Simone Tiraboschi" <simone.tiraboschi@gmail.com>
> By the way Illy, located in Trieste, is one of the best Italian coffee.
> Riccardo Illy served as the Mayor of Trieste, now is the Governor of
> Friuli-Venezia Giulia that's one of the twenty Regions of Italy.
> Illy aims to operate in a fair and sustainable coffee market. In Italy
> Illy is involved in the sponsorship of many cultural events.
> 
> I suggest you to try an Illy coffee also at your home with a moka!
> 
> ciao
> 
> Simone
> 
> 
> On 9/29/06, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote:
> > So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus
> > Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, 
> > (he
> > once used a Leica).  On each image there was a small caption about the
> > image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before.  I assumed
> > Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit.  At the conclusion of the
> > exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar.  I was unhappy to
> > realize the whole thing was a PR campaign.  Now the question shot into my
> > mind...is this right?  I looked around at the mall and the shops and all
> > the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again 
> > and
> > the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry.  Flame me all
> > you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy,
> > and the image is the driving force behind consumption.  It's all so rude.
> >
> > Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days.
> >
> >
> >
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