Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right you are - or right we are! :-) On 10/5/06 12:45 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > Yes, but: > http://arts.guardian.co.uk/salgado/story/0,,1301926,00.html#article_continue > so we are both right. He was employed by the coffee organization, but > there was a World Bank connection as well on that particular trip. > > Nathan > > B. D. Colen wrote: >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >>