[Leica] IMG: "Tristes Tropiques" book project

[malland at me.com (Mitchell Alland)]

Nathan - Thanks for looking and for the comments. The "Bangkok Hysteria? set 
is a portfolio of 30 B&W photographs from a book project of the same name. 
The brief foreword in the book states the following, from which you can see 
the intent of the photographs ? so if you found the pictures ?dark and 
depressing,? you?re essentially in line with what I wanted to express:

"This book is not about politics. The photographs were taken before the 
bloodshed in Bangkok of May 2010, in which over ninety people were killed 
and 1,800 wounded. But photographing in the streets, in private moments 
before they caught one's eye and smiled, I could see that people often 
exhibited strain and stress, against a background of economic and political 
problems and tensions and the underlying hardships of living in a huge, 
chaotic, tropical city that had been experiencing rapid social change and 
inflow of people from the countryside for decades."

Anyone who wants to see the whole of the ?Bangkok Hysteria? project can 
download the 120-page PDF file (50MB) here: bit.ly/LV6LiK

On providing link for downloading a PDF file, I understand that some people 
aren?t keep to do so. However, some people have told me that they like this 
form of distribution ? and anyone can delete the PDF file after viewing it.

On, the idea of commenting on photographs being a ?two-way street?: yes, it 
can be. However, my general preference is to participate in substantive 
discussions on photographs ? granted there are few of those. Also, I haven?t 
really participated in LUG because I used the ?digest? method of viewing, 
which is cumbersome when it comes to replying.

- - Mitch

Subject: [Leica] IMG: "Tristes Tropiques" book project
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:52:25 +0200
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> I like this one a lot, especially the ?up country? part. I frankly did not 
> like the Bangkok Hysteria that much, I found it too dark and depressing. 
> As 
> far as counting downloads, it is a bit misleading. I ?downloaded? it only 
> because this is what happens when you click on the link?there is no other 
> way to see the pictures.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> 
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> I would also add that commenting is a bit of a two-way street. I too look 
> at 
> (almost) every picture, but there are certain people who never comment on 
> others? work, and in those cases I do not feel morally obliged to comment 
> on 
> theirs. I do not mean to say that I only comment on the pictures of those 
> who comment on mine; no. But there are people who NEVER comment on 
> ANYONE?s 
> pictures, and then I see no reason to comment on theirs.