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] > Can I say Hallelujah..I do not know if I spelt that right but this is what i am talking about. This is what I am asking, saying, feeling, and .....I cannot sleep because there are pics i did not take the day before. Photography is my OOMMMMMMMM. It centers me. It makes me...period. I dream of images that could make me and others understand this......thing we do everyday. Thank You Doug..your email was like the holy grail > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html