Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, I'm agree with your arguments Cheers Lluis El 29/03/2010, a las 2:14, afirkin at afirkin.com escribi?: >> Hi Alastair, >> >> I find really fascinating the images from Cuba, they show us a world >> that has been stopped some years ago and beside this the colors, the >> life, the music are always present, it seems that this people has a >> own philosophy of the live, they survive and they are more or less >> happy. I like the man on the car, I like the two mens playing, the >> two >> B&W. Nice album! >> >> Cheers >> Lluis > > Thanks again Lluis, the first thing I would say, is I would not want > to > live there, BUT, there are good things in Cuba. The saddest thing in > my > view is that most of the good will be swept away with any change. > One or > two generations will be lost (as they were in E. Europe) if the > change is > too fast and too sudden, (and I predict it will be.) The influx of > money > will push up prices beyond the locals and the wealth of the country > will > become unhealthily skewed. Don't get me wrong, change is vital, and > inevitable, but it needs to happen slowly. Stage one would be having > the > party accept that change will happen and that they would like to > play a > role in that re-development, but like most of the Cubans we met, don't > hold your breath. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information