Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A long time ago Nathan wrote: "Salgado was working for the World Bank, as far as I remember, and it was during one of the trips he made on behalf of the bank that he started photographing what he saw. You do not get rich by working for the World Bank, and economists generally are not that well paid, except the few Nobel-winning stars and the snake-oil merchants on Wall Street. So I am sure that Salgado made the right career choice (for him!) also from the point of view of personal finance." On 10/1/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >