Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Exhibit on line + Expensive Leicas
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 12:36:46 -0500

Martin: Very well put!
Thank you.
Cheers Wilber GFE

Martin Howard wrote:

> Tina Manley wrote, in part:
> >
> > ...comments along the lines of "oh, how ironic, there she is with photo
> > equipment that's worth more than what her subjects will make in a
> > lifetime."
> >
>
> Just goes to show how little some people think.  If you were not there
> taking pictures (regardless of which equipment you use), the world would not
> know about it.  There would be no effort to improve the lives of these
> people.
>
> No, TV doesn't cut it.  A 30 second sound bite on the evening news, and then
> the latest commercials for fast food or oversized SUVs, is just enough so
> that people can feel comfortable about "keeping in touch with world events",
> but not actually have to do anything.
>
> Your pictures stir emotion and make these people real.  Your photography and
> comments give them a voice.  There is nothing ironic about that, and
> certainly nothing to be worried about.
>
> M.
>
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