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Subject: Re: [OM] IMGS: The Rock Collectors
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:54:52 -0400
A great point, Jim!  I appreciate your perspective!!

Thanks,

Tina

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:52 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tina,
>
> It's obvious to me that your critics never lived through the 1930s in
> the South, where the have-nots, my family among them, appreciated any
> work that brought in a small income.  That, and a garden, meant survival.
>
> I like your pictures.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 3/15/2019 3:37 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
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