Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Sep 18, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The many medical professionals on this list know exactly what happens to >>> people with cancer. Far too many of us also know because they have had to >>> confront this black daemon in their own lives. I was not one of these >>> people. I do not think those of us who have not had to deal with cancer >>> face >>> to face really know anything about what happens and what it is like. I >>> certainly didn't. I had no idea how bad chemotherapy was and how sick my >>> wife would be. I took the picture because I wanted to point to how >>> chemotherapy has effected my wife and how it effects people who have to >>> subject themselves to it. There are two things I want to do. One was to >>> make >>> a statement about how the Great Daemon effects people. I have done that. >>> If >>> I had the volume turned up too loud, I apologize. > > don't fall for the BS that words should not be needed with a photo--they > are often necessary--here they would (and now have) added much dimension > to the image you saw that morning. > > I see it very differently now > > a styrofoam head looks very different given your situation. It is very > hard to encode it in a single image. > >>> So, what my picture today today was about is this. If you have a camera, >>> and some, but not much talent, how to you use that to do something to >>> make a >>> statement about cancer and to use to help the women who suffer from this >>> horrid disease. >>> >>> Any ideas? This was my first attempt. If I got it wrong I appologize. >>> > > just look at the work of our brother steve barbour who has fought similarly > > all the best to you both in the battle > > ric > thank you Ric a thought provoking image Barney title, offensive? really now c'mon! Barney our thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife. steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information