Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After admiring Graham's images of pastoral England for about a year, I thought I would start a weekly posting showing the real southern US, no slick glossy "Southern Living" or depressing Robert Frank: just images of the Faulkneresque dichotomies that hit us every day. This first week brings to "Buckhead" a part of Atlanta. Situated between a Grand Hyatt and the "Financial Center" is a lot In most places there would be an old building, a parking lot, or some other use for the space until other things happen. Well, in the southern US, kudzu takes over. This wonderful African import covers everything in its path, killing whatever is in it's way. Cultivation doesn't kill it, repeated applications of herbicides doesn't kill it, goats can't even keep up with it. Today brings us the unwanted thought that next on the menu might be the skyscrapers. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1555010 Comments always welcome. Don dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html