Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]leica-user@ispwest.com wrote: > I guess I am looking for an > elixir...maybe..Deep...Philosophic...Harangue (DPH) on a topic > that might change the way people live, think, eat, listen to > the news, discuss politics, treat or fellowman, care for our > environment........support and not support a country racing to > war..i don't know...I guess I am also asking myself why am I a > photographer? > > I am genuinely and passionately wondering why we the people > with such skill and (expensive equipment) why do we do the > thing we do... Ruddy, I'm a photographer because the first thing I think of when I wake in the morning is making photographs, then I think of the stuff I gotta get out of the way first (i.e., eat, shower, feed dog, go to work) before I can make photographs. [DPH] We don't appreciate the things we don't understand ... and photographs can help us understand each other or in my case help us understand our enviornment. [/DPH] Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html