Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bob palmieri wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2008, a whole buncha people had a whole lot to say about > this snap of mine, and its second place position in the December > contest. This is one of the most moving pictures I have seen on the LUG. I wasn't really able to open the picture to the full resolution until today. In the past four years, I have experienced two hospice situations with close relatives. Hospice, for our non British or American friends, is where there is no hope in the medical diagnosis and we are really looking at pain control and acceptance of what is coming. In any event, in my experience the clutter gets greater and greater as one tries to put familiar things around the "sick" person. The room seems to close in as more and more care is required. I have no idea who sleeps in the implied bed to the right. I certainly recognize the feeding table. I recognize the medications. I recognize the expression on the face. This photo is really almost too moving for me at the present time. And the low contrast is what we live with in these situations. I like Ansel Adams... I don't particularly like his popular photographs... but he did one, I think in Inyo County in about 1948, of a dying man on a cot in the yard. I synch with that one also. Regards, Bill Larsen Terra Bella, CA