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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 23/08/2009: hard-working vendor
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:28:19 -0400
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great project idea

ric

On Aug 24, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> No certainly no socks, George.
>
> A response to some of the other comments: yes, I am actually  
> interested in the vendors, and you may not believe me, but it really  
> was a coincidence that this guy was next to an attractive woman.
>
> I am interested in these people, and will at some point attempt to  
> establish some contact beyond just snapping a photo. These are the  
> people we read about in newspapers with headlines such as "Another  
> 100 African refugees in rickey boat rescued off the Canary Islands".  
> Selling stuff like this (not only on the beach but also on the  
> downtown promenade, and for smaller items like watches and DVDs,  
> also in bars) is the first step on the social ladder. There was a  
> story on a DVD vendor in the local paper last year, he said that on  
> a typical day he made 30 Euros--not big bucks but enough to live on.  
> The stuff they sell is bought wholesale from Chinese merchants.  
> People are largely sympathetic towards them (perhaps because people  
> remember that just a generation ago many Spaniards would go to  
> northern Europe in search of a better life), and the bar owners for  
> example, have no objections to them entering their bars and offering  
> the stuff to the patrons. They do not use aggressive sales tactics  
> at all--they ask, once, and that's it.
>
> In addition to these vendors, there are also people walking around  
> with a cooler selling drinks, and those people are always local for  
> some reason. The prices are not bad, ?2 for a can of beer, but  
> having it brought to you, ice-cold, right on the beach, is certainly  
> worth paying for. There are also some Chinese women walking around  
> with a picture of a spine and offering massage. Yesterday I did see  
> them score two hits near our roasting perch.
>
> In any event, thanks for looking to everyone!
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
>
>
> On Aug 24, 2009, at 12:19 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
>> Well Charlie
>> my radar reads surface area
>> and
>> I'm making the assumption
>> (perhaps wrongly)
>> that she's not wearing
>> over the knee
>> socks at the beach.
>>
>> Nathan?
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Charlie Chan wrote:
>>
>>> Is 97.3% naked by her surface area or the area of her image?
>>>
>>> Anyway you must have looked very closely indeed to be so precise!!!
>>
>>
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