Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Is afraid our society of the silence, of the solitude, of the own > thoughts, of a >conversation? >... >Now we can communicate with the end of the world, nevertheless we do not do >it with our own >neighbor. ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1028511.jpg.html> ===================================================================================================== Seems like sad trend and a sad picture. But then I'm an old guy. ;~) I rarely use my simple cell phone that I have for emergencies, don't have a smartphone, iPad, iPod, Nook or Kindle. When I'm with someone there are no gadgets in the way. On my own, I like to go and sit overlooking Lake Michigan (especially on cool, overcast or blustery days) and just enjoy the moment, with no devices. Sometimes I drive to work without even starting one of my cassette tapes (there are no classical radio stations left in town). I think Ilike shooting B&W film because of the contemplative aspect of delayed results. I don't mind waiting months to see images once they are captured. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Relations University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt