Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Sometimes content triumphs
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:56:19 +0000

At 01:29 PM 1/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>The more I think about this project the more I wonder if there is anything
>we, as a group, can do to help these children who are making a very
>worthwhile effort to help themselves in a major way. At the moment I have not
>thought this one through very much, but surely we could assist by providing
>film or cast-off equipment or something (even $'s!) I just feel it is so
>worthwhile and encouraging young kids with nothing to discover the joy of
>photography that we take for granted.
>
>Gerry
>Gerry Walden (UK)

Gerry - I agree with you that we should try to do something to help this 
project...But I don't see it as their discovering "the joy of photography." 
Rather, they've been given a voice.

B. D.