Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:22 AM 1/13/2008, you wrote: >My two cents, after many years of oing photography, is that you don't even >have to be holding a camera to change the way people act. If you are not of >their "culture," >they'll often act out in ways they think you expect them to act. > >Sonny And my two cents is that the people I've stayed with and photographed in Honduras and Guatemala are too busy working and trying to care for and feed their children to even think about acting in any way. Once they realize that I am not there to be treated as a guest, they go on about their busy day from sunrise to sunset without even thinking about me. They work incredibly hard and can't take time out of their day to act out or cater to me in any way. That, of course, is not true if I just drop in for a few minutes on the way somewhere else or visit a neighbor. Then they don't have time to get used to me and forget that I'm there. Those photos show that they are aware of my presence, but I usually put my camera away in those circumstances and just visit. It's the photos when I've stayed several days with the same family that are most meaningful to me. Tina Tina Manley ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI http://www.tinamanley.com