Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 18, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Steve > > I'm puzzled, ambiguity? was this taken in a hospital? This is not a pose that I have seen very often... to "show off" something negative, is that a hospital care worker? or a mother ? Steve negative > In any case it is from Cite Soleil, in Port au Prince, Haiti. It is > a location seeped in death and despair. It's been 20 years since > I've been there but nothing changes. Bloated children with rust- > colored hair are the rule rather than the exception. Open ditches, > filled with raw sewage, flow right through the area. It is not > unusual for small children to fall in and drown in these ditches. > I made two trips there in the late 80's and still can't put it out > of my mind. Can you imagine? We've spent billions destroying Iraq, > countless innocent lives have been lost and the place must reek of > horror. Meanwhile, Haiti, a short hop from our coast, continues to > wallow in filth, starvation, murder and neglect. Were I not an > atheist I'd think we'd have to burn in hell for letting Haiti exist > as it does. > > Now, aren't you sorry you asked? :'( > > Steve Barbour wrote: >>> On May 17, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/baby_eye.jpg.html >> >> >> a disconcerting image...ambiguous I think... >> >> where? circumstances please Walt? >> >> thanks, Steve >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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