Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 12/5/2006 3:58:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, philippe.orlent@pandora.be writes: As much as I disagree with what happened then and now, my reaction was a pure esthetic one. Must be-and to my shame- because it's not part of my heritage, eventhough I was aware of it. Philippe First of all, this was not a photograph taken of slaves, it was from the thirties. We have some of the black and white works from the Farm Security Project in our collection. I'll probably get flack for this, but it IS part of my heritage, and I think I can speak to another side. My Grandfather was a small farmer, and had a large family. My mother was the oldest girl of seven kids. He plowed the farm with a pair of mules and a hand plow. Most of my summers until I was about thirteen, and moved to Germany, werre spent in part at my Grandfather's farm. A picture like that could have been taken of my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. We would go out after my grandfather and uncle had plowed, and with hoes, cut up the big clods, and cut any weeds left. We had no idea we were in what might be considered poverty these days. To us it was a rich life, lots of work, but they raised most of their food, including beef and chickens, hunted and fished for other food. Store bought clothes were only for church, except jeans or khakis. We went barefoot to save our good shoes. It also helped us to know when we had stepped in something. (Which I probably just did.) Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish