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

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Subject: [Leica] photographing the homeless
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Sat Jan 20 08:58:33 2007
References: <20070119180828.CDR43817@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net>

I suspect that Kyle's "rules" (just as the PAW) are having the  
precise effect(s) that I imagine he intends: get folks to talk about  
real issues and get out deal with them photographically.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Jan 19, 2007, at 5:08 PM, larry.k@rcn.com wrote:

>   Bravo Adam! I also found myself wondering why anyone should  
> listen to this
> guy and his rules! Who made this guy the philosopher king of  
> photography?
>
>    Let's see, from reading the LUG for a while, I see it is ok to  
> fly to remote parts
> of the world and photograph the poverty but it is not ok to  
> photograph the
> poverty under your own nose, in your own country. Ah, I get it now.  
> We wouldn't
> want our politicians to be held responsible for their lack of  
> policies to alleviate
> homelessness or for other people to be forced to see how many  
> people in this
> country live in poverty, without access to decent housing or health  
> care.
>
>   I find it interesting that Omar gets alienated more and more by  
> the community,
> probably forcing him further into desperate circumstances. Maybe  
> the policy
> should be "Some Omar" instead of "No Omar"! Maybe a nice lawyer  
> should file a
> lawsuit on Omar's behalf for being denied service by these  
> establishments!
>
>   I think all people are tolerable in small doses, probably even  
> this Kyle guy.
> Maybe.


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