Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20

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Subject: [Leica] photographing the homeless "smug Europeans"
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Jan 20 06:31:35 2007
References: <20070120072910.CDS93852@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net> <45B22377.1010101@gmx.de> <a2f8f4470701200624n36be4a14ybed01420086a2730@mail.gmail.com>
 
I broke the rule once a few years ago:

http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/8.html

I didn't use a 21 or wide-angle, but we did engage in conversation for
quite a while. I still do when I meet him. He looks more ragged every
time.

Daniel

On 1/20/07, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/07, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
> >  From a Brit who has been living in what is/was probably the smuggest
> > European country (Germany) for over 30 years
> > Larry,
> > homeless and particularly the homeless or unemployed with an alcohol or
> > drug problem are a common sight in most German cities.
>
> Well, change "most German cities" to "Oslo", "Stockholm" or
> "Copenhagen" and you have basically the same scenario that Douglas
> outlined for Germany. The main difference is that the Scandinavian
> countries are rinky-dink and don't have a large enough population to
> have homeless in many other cities other than the capital cities.
>
> Daniel
>
In reply to: Message from larry.k at rcn.com (larry.k@rcn.com) ([Leica] Re:photographing the homeless)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] photographing the homeless "smug Europeans")
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] photographing the homeless "smug Europeans")