Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] When in doubt ask photographer
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun Jan 13 08:50:33 2008
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At 11:22 AM 1/13/2008, you wrote:
>My two cents, after many years of oing photography, is that you don't even
>have to be holding a camera to change the way people act.  If you are not of
>their "culture,"
>they'll often act out in ways they think you expect them to act.
>
>Sonny

And my two cents is that the people I've stayed with and photographed 
in Honduras and Guatemala are too busy working and trying to care for 
and feed their children to even think about acting in any way.  Once 
they realize that I am not there to be treated as a guest, they go on 
about their busy day from sunrise to sunset without even thinking 
about me.  They work incredibly hard and can't take time out of their 
day to act out or cater to me in any way.  That, of course, is not 
true if I just drop in for a few minutes on the way somewhere else or 
visit a neighbor.  Then they don't have time to get used to me and 
forget that I'm there.  Those photos show that they are aware of my 
presence, but I usually put my camera away in those circumstances and 
just visit.  It's the photos when I've stayed several days with the 
same family that are most meaningful to me.

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com 


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