Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 18, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Steve > > These people don't have hospitals. There was a retired dentists > providing medical care on a catch as catch can basis but not much > more. As far a showing off? I had a camera and this mother saw me > shooting. She simply held up one of her children and I made the image. something in the image quite out of step with what I am familiar with... that's for sure. thanks Walt, Steve > Whereas when we get sick we go see the Dr. When they get sick they > get better or die. Still, the people have honor and a sense of fair > play. Don't ask me how, that's a question for experts. > > Walt > > Steve Barbour wrote: >> >> On May 18, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: >> >>> Steve >>> >>> I'm puzzled, ambiguity? >> >> >> was this taken in a hospital? This is not a pose that I have >> seen very often... to "show off" something negative, is that a >> hospital care worker? or a mother ? >> >> >> >> Steve >> >> negative >>> In any case it is from Cite Soleil, in Port au Prince, Haiti. It >>> is a location seeped in death and despair. It's been 20 years >>> since I've been there but nothing changes. Bloated children with >>> rust-colored hair are the rule rather than the exception. Open >>> ditches, filled with raw sewage, flow right through the area. It >>> is not unusual for small children to fall in and drown in these >>> ditches. I made two trips there in the late 80's and still >>> can't put it out of my mind. Can you imagine? We've spent >>> billions destroying Iraq, countless innocent lives have been lost >>> and the place must reek of horror. Meanwhile, Haiti, a short hop >>> from our coast, continues to wallow in filth, starvation, murder >>> and neglect. Were I not an atheist I'd think we'd have to burn in >>> hell for letting Haiti exist as it does. >>> >>> Now, aren't you sorry you asked? :'( >>> >>> Steve Barbour wrote: >>>>> On May 17, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/baby_eye.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> a disconcerting image...ambiguous I think... >>>> >>>> where? circumstances please Walt? >>>> >>>> thanks, Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information