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Subject: [Leica] What can the LUG do for Haiti?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:04:51 -0600
References: <9F07836ED74F1C42AA69DFBAF8A1E2F13785087868@MBX1.asc.local> <73301d6b1001201456n9657700wbf8cfe3be36f3e1e@mail.gmail.com>

Partners in Health is also a worthy agency.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Kyle -
>
> I say it's very admirable and the promoters have the best of intentions;
> however, with the state of the profession of photography today, I would
> really hesitate to encourage anybody to pursue photography as a profession.
>  Teach them plumbing or electricity or something for which there is a
> demand
> and limited supply.  Then, once they are able to make a living, they can
> pursue photography as a hobby.  I really and truly cannot imagine the young
> Haitian photographers being able to make a living wage with photography in
> the future.  Adding more and more students to supply more and more photos
> for a dwindling market where most content is assumed to be free is a
> questionable endeavor.
>
> Sorry to be so pessimistic. I'll send my contributions to the Red Cross or
> Heifer Project International.  But YMMV!!
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > Something like Jeff Mills' Young Haitian Documentary Photographers Group:
> >
> > http://www.rocksandtrees.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=109
> >
> > What say you?
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> >
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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Regards,

Sonny
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http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
(+31.754164,-093.099080)

USA


In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] What can the LUG do for Haiti?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] What can the LUG do for Haiti?)