Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All beautiful photographs Tina. And very delicate testimonies of the human condition as it is for some. Now, that some on FB don?t like it to exist as such doesn?t prevent you from documenting it, on the contrary. You give these Bangalis another level of existence. Thank you for that. The beauty is in the eyes of the beholder they say, I ?d add, and in their hearts. Amities Philippe > Le 15 mars 2019 ? 21:37, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > PESO: > > We visited a place in Jaflong, Bangladesh, where workers had seasonal jobs > moving rocks from the river bed during the dry season. I got some > criticism when I first posted a couple of these while still in Bangladesh. > There were comments that I was taking advantage of people who were, in > effect, working as slaves; however, that was not the impression I got while > I was there at all. The people seemed happy to have jobs and were joking > and laughing as they worked. Men, women, and children all worked together > very cooperatively. They were very friendly and nobody objected to my > photographing them as they worked. When they put their baskets and rocks > down, they posed for photos and wanted to see them on the camera. All in > all, it was a very positive experience and I was disappointed at the > negative remarks I got when I posted the photos. So, I'm trying again. I > took over 1000 photos there, both color and B&W. Here are the first two: > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921344 > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921392 > > I'll be posting a lot more as I edit them and I would appreciate your > comments. > > Thanks, > > Tina > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> > *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information