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Subject: [Leica] Re: B.D. PAWS (Ted Grant)
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon Apr 18 19:14:18 2005
References: <200504182335.j3INXIXh035526@server1.waverley.reid.org> <978bf7319d66ac4cde595a21d6d0350c@mindspring.com>

Ric Carter asked:

> Socially speaking:
> "No bums?"
> Are we denying the wino or bum the ability to make his own decisions 
> and his own humanity, or are we merely sweeping aside a group of people 
> we are not comfortable seeing?
> Do we see ourselves as taking advantage of subjects incapable of 
> defending themselves? Personal preferences and taste aside, I fail to 
> see the essential photo subject difference between a sleeping infant 
> and a bum in the gutter. At times they match each other even in odor.
> 
> Forthwith:
> Week 15
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/PAW-2005/Week_15
> 
> I don't know if he is drunk and homeless passed out or a student 
> napping before his bus to his next class.
> 
> Maybe you can tell me.<

Hi Ric,
The guy to answer this is Kyle Cassidy!

ted



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