Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 1, 2006, at 2:35 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Not to beat a dead horse - ah, what the hell, they can't bite or > kick ;-) - > but what major documentarian hasn't done commissioned work of one > kind or > another? Good God, Eugene Richards has done ad campaigns for Nike > and Levis, > Mary Ellen Mark regularly does commercial work, and on and on. And > perhaps > I'm delusional at this point on a rainy Sunday, but wasn't Salgado an > economist with some sort of Latin America coffee growers > cooperative or some > such? I seem to recall Salgado being trained in economy in Paris well before he ever ventured into photography... Steve > > > > > On 10/1/06 5:03 PM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> > wrote: > >> Philippe >> >> I had a Nespresso machine in my office before Amici Caff?/Illy >> became my >> client. I got a X1 espresso machine and a few kg of coffee beans. >> I have given >> away the Nespresso machine as well as about 200 capsules of >> coffee, for free >> and without regrets. Nespresso is at least three floors below >> Illy. It's like >> comparing a a 1999 Rioja Conde de Valdemar (certainly a fine all >> day red >> wine), to a 1979 Ch?teau Mouton-Rothschild Grand Cru Class?. >> >> The Amici (swiss illy) website I've recently created is in french, >> too, find >> some interesting articles about how illy is: >> >> -handling the production of coffee*: >> http://tinyurl.com/j8fhk >> >> -tasting Coffee*: >> http://tinyurl.com/m5ckk >> >> -selectioning the raw goods: >> http://tinyurl.com/gg9hl >> >> -practising "Commerce ?quitable": >> http://tinyurl.com/f95zw >> >> (*flash player required) >> >> Cheers >> Didier >> >> >>> This one ain't bad either: >>> http://www.nespresso.com/precom/n_home_be_en.html >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information