[Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus 
Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, (he 
once used a Leica).  On each image there was a small caption about the 
image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before.  I assumed 
Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit.  At the conclusion of the 
exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar.  I was unhappy to 
realize the whole thing was a PR campaign.  Now the question shot into my 
mind...is this right?  I looked around at the mall and the shops and all 
the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again and 
the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry.  Flame me all 
you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy, 
and the image is the driving force behind consumption.  It's all so rude.

Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days.