Sportera said:
Thank you one and all. Your word of encouragement keep me working.
Some of you have hinted about the healing process, and how photography may be my healing process. Your right. Photography has helped me a great deal. The first few months I was too depressed to photograph but once I picked up the camera again I felt better, like I was doing something.
Thank you everyone, I am truly humbled by your comments.
You're wrong. Its not
"like" doing something. It
IS doing something! And a pretty powerful something, judging from how I feel - and you can see I am not alone! I get to see these images, care about the events, spread the word and develop a much more educated view of the events. And I am thousands of miles away. Sure, I saw more than enough flodded this or that on CNN and other news outlets, and I could only assume how horrible it was down there, on the ground...
But your images are different. They are alive, they are personal yet universal. They make me really shake my head and feel that "tonne of bricks" feeling that hits you when you see someone's house, someones life - just like yours, or mine - but broken, taken away...
Perhaps I am desensitized to images of tragedy always coming into my living room through the tv screen. Perhaps. Perhaps the reporting is not up to the standards that it should be. Well, most likely. But all I know is that with TV and most (not all) print media, I had to imagine how it felt to go through this.
And while I would never presume to know what this was and still is like - here in my cozy little dry living room - when I see your images, I feel.
Like some above, I don't think I could afford prints at prices that would not be insulting to work of this calibre - but a book? Definitely!
I think it would also be a wonderful vehicle for charity actions for this cause.
Great, powerful work. Then again, this is nothing new - just see my numerous comments below your gallery photos!
Peter.
