Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know he's an economist, but I believe that he was doing work with a coffee cooperative of some sort, borrowed his wife's camera when he went on trip, and the rest is history.;-) On 10/1/06 5:47 PM, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information