Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam-- We often think of people who share your sister's plight as having lost, or been robbed of, their dignity. Your portrait proves that thinking wrong. Her face plainly shows her with dignity in tact. Very nice work. Thanks. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Sep 9, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > First to Dennis, thank you for your suggestion. I took many pictures - > this was the best combination of framing and expression and > background. > > To all of you who responded - thank you. It was difficult to post. > It's not that I'm ashamed of my sister. That's hardly the case. Rather > writing about her, and sharing her image, opens the pain my family > experienced around her illness. Seeing her makes all of that vivid in > my memory the desperate sadness of my mother when she came back from > visiting, her self-inflicted guilt because she didn't recognize the > symptoms earlier. To share her image was to share some of that > feeling. > > Some of you have shared some private thoughts with me that touched my > heart greatly. This IS a special place that Brian has created for us > and which our community has made. > > Thank you, and bless you all. > > Sincerely, > > Adam Bridge > > On 9/8/05, Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com> wrote: > >> I fine portrait. Both the picture and your words can stand alone. >> Stronger >> together, yes, but each standing in its own right. >> >> Thanks for posting this. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >