Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031006-47 On 10/1/06 8:00 PM, "Anders Nygren" <anders.nygren@gmail.com> wrote: > A long time ago Nathan wrote: > > "Salgado was working for the World Bank, as far as I remember, and it was > during one of the trips he made on behalf of the bank that he started > photographing what he saw. You do not get rich by working for the World > Bank, and economists generally are not that well paid, except the few > Nobel-winning stars and the snake-oil merchants on Wall Street. So I am > sure that Salgado made the right career choice (for him!) also from the > point of view of personal finance." > > > On 10/1/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >> I know he's an economist, but I believe that he was doing work with a >> coffee >> cooperative of some sort, borrowed his wife's camera when he went on trip, >> and the rest is history.;-) >> >> >> On 10/1/06 5:47 PM, "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Oct 1, 2006, at 2:35 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: >>> >>>> Not to beat a dead horse - ah, what the hell, they can't bite or >>>> kick ;-) - >>>> but what major documentarian hasn't done commissioned work of one >>>> kind or >>>> another? Good God, Eugene Richards has done ad campaigns for Nike >>>> and Levis, >>>> Mary Ellen Mark regularly does commercial work, and on and on. And >>>> perhaps >>>> I'm delusional at this point on a rainy Sunday, but wasn't Salgado an >>>> economist with some sort of Latin America coffee growers >>>> cooperative or some >>>> such? >>> >>> I seem to recall Salgado being trained in economy in Paris well >>> before he ever ventured into photography... >>> >>> >>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/1/06 5:03 PM, "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Philippe >>>>> >>>>> I had a Nespresso machine in my office before Amici Caff?/Illy >>>>> became my >>>>> client. I got a X1 espresso machine and a few kg of coffee beans. >>>>> I have given >>>>> away the Nespresso machine as well as about 200 capsules of >>>>> coffee, for free >>>>> and without regrets. Nespresso is at least three floors below >>>>> Illy. It's like >>>>> comparing a a 1999 Rioja Conde de Valdemar (certainly a fine all >>>>> day red >>>>> wine), to a 1979 Ch?teau Mouton-Rothschild Grand Cru Class?. >>>>> >>>>> The Amici (swiss illy) website I've recently created is in french, >>>>> too, find >>>>> some interesting articles about how illy is: >>>>> >>>>> -handling the production of coffee*: >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/j8fhk >>>>> >>>>> -tasting Coffee*: >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/m5ckk >>>>> >>>>> -selectioning the raw goods: >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/gg9hl >>>>> >>>>> -practising "Commerce ?quitable": >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/f95zw >>>>> >>>>> (*flash player required) >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Didier >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> This one ain't bad either: >>>>>> http://www.nespresso.com/precom/n_home_be_en.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information