Native New York Featured on the Leica Blog!

[Damaso]

My ongoing project Native: New York was featured on the Leica Blog recently...

http://blog.leica-camera.com/photog...es-native-new-york-an-ongoing-visual-journey/

 

[daveleo]

Well now ..... it didn't take very long for this photographic thread to get politicized, did it ?

 

[Rayt]

The guy is from Spain so has to live with the legacy. Sucks to be him.

 

[NY_Dan]

Damaso, congratulations on being featured on the Leica Blog! Fantastic.

 

[Damaso]

Damaso, congratulations on being featured on the Leica Blog! Fantastic.

Thanks for taking a look.

 

[Damaso]

Nice pics but I find the term "Native" to be an insult to all those who died when the continent was invaded by the Europeans. The true Natives of the New York area are not those who now live there.

As a person of color as well as the decedent of Natives of the Caribbean I find your comment both self centered and off base. I can respect the ancestral native population of the area and at the same time say that New York is part of me and I of it. To say otherwise is to deny myself and where I come from.

Amazing how people on this site can take anything and make it about themselves!

 

[bonatto]

Great to see your work on there, Damaso! Looking forward to seeing more 🙂

 

[leicapixie]

Stunning work, well deserved on Leica Blog.
A major achievement.

 

[Margu]

My ongoing project Native: New York was featured on the Leica Blog recently...

http://blog.leica-camera.com/photog...es-native-new-york-an-ongoing-visual-journey/

was this red wall shot taken with T, Leica zoom lens?

 

[segedi]

Ansel, the term Native when referring to those who dwell in NYC may seem odd or insulting to you, but you do not know the meaning. It does not mean what you think it does, so let's just leave it at that.

 

[RBruceCR]

Damaso, congratulations on the New York series! It's outstanding! How do you balance film between digital and do you shoot color (negative or transparency) on your M6 Leica?

 

[Thardy]

Photo #2 is interesting. The sign says to report suspicious activity. Looks like the girl may be a bit suspicious of you? 🙂

Good series.

 

[jsrockit]

All, let's keep this thread on course ... congrats Damaso.

 

[lxmike]

very well done nice images I like them a lot

 

[NY_Dan]

Regarding people who decide what words others may or may not use, and who take offense where none exist I offer this mental health moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6o3qTykxKU

 

[kbg32]

I remember that skit very well! Thanks for the "mental health" moment!

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

I remember that skit very well! Thanks for the "mental health" moment!

That one is darn near Pythonesque! 😀

 

[gb hill]

Very good work Damaso. New York has always been a symbol of freeedom for the rest of the US. You captured it well the way only a native New YORker, (wish I could say it like Helen) only can.😉

 

[Margu]

The true Natives of the New York area are not those who now live there.

clearly you haven't see Gangs of New York (neither the OP). bill the butcher a 'nativist' was one bad dude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-qtoxnAS8

 

[daveleo]

Talking about perception and how we all read things differently, anyone else see this image as as "I don't like you die!" ?

http://media.blog.leica-camera.com/images/Native-New-York-01-Copy.jpg

Well, if you ignore the punctuation and the little heart at the end, yeh, I guess you could see it that way.