Re: [Leica] Political Correctness

[Wilber Jeffcoat <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

"Don't put to much stock" I must learn to read before I push send.

Wilber Jeffcoat wrote:

> Tina: Enjoyed our chat, do put to much stock in this sort of thing. Some folks
> can't be pleased no matter what you do. Follow your own vision, someone will
> see the light and work with you. I wonder what this attitude does to the work
> of HCB, or for that matter the work of the folks from National Geographic I
> guess that's not PC either!
> Hang tight my Lady,  the sun will come up tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Cheers Wilber GFE OAO2
>
> Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > Dear LUGnuts -
> >
> > The Project Workshop in Santa Fe with Sam Abell was very good.  Sam is a
> > wonderful teacher; however, I learned something that was both enlightening
> > and disturbing.
> >
> > My project is "Las Familias" - an exhibit (possibly book) of my photographs
> > of Honduran families.  I learned that many galleries will not accept my
> > project because it is politically incorrect - I am a photographer from the
> > first world photographing people in the third world.  To make the project
> > more acceptable it was suggested that I involve the families in the project
> > by (a) giving them a camera and letting them photograph their own lives (b)
> > getting them to write comments about the photographs.  (a) wouldn't work
> > because the people I visit don't have time to take photographs - they spend
> > all of their waking hours trying to feed their families (b) might work with
> > a tape recorder but many of the people I photograph don't read or write -
> > and several of the families in the project were killed by Hurricane Mitch -
> > do I exclude those photographs?
> >
> > What do you think about political correctness?  Gallery owners and
> > publishers who reviewed our work seemed to think it is an important issue,
> > but it honestly never occurred to me.
> >
> > Leically,
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > http://www.tinamanley.com