Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >At a local film school, it seems that everyone wants to be "street > >photographers", taking "real documentary photographs". Man oh man, if > >the > >homeless people in my home town got a buck for every "real documentary > >photograph" taken of them, they wouldn't be homeless. > > That's the best retort I've read on the LUG in weeks. Pretty funny . . . > > Bob (has only photographed a couple of bums in 20 years) McEowen Me personally I am proud of the fact I have never given a buck to a "homeless person" for a shot and rarely photographed them. The fact that being outside all day and night brings wonderful interesting texture to your skin and clothing has been well documented before me. And all the social ramifications involved. Cheap shots. Obvious. Mark Rabiner