[LRflex] Re: Another story without a photo... reflections on Christmas.
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:41:17 +0100
A very lovely story David :-)
And so true to the characters of India.
Wonderful people!
Coincidentally I posted this on the LUG last month:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Hotel+Amard.jpeg.html
Just read the caption, it might strike a bell ;-)
Amitiés to Rose and you.
Philippe @ Metz, still in the rain ...
Le 27 déc. 12 à 18:32, David Young a écrit :
Fellow Flexers...
This holiday season, I was reminded of an old story.
In 1966, at the tender age of 19, I worked as the manager of the
photo
department, in a department store, in Whitehorse, Yukon.
I had a very good customer ... a chap of East Indian extraction, by
the name of
Raghu Nathaniel Raghunathan. And, yes, he went by all three names.
He was a
fine young fellow, both handsome and very likeable.
In November of that year, he came to me asked to purchase a Polaroid
camera,
and some 100+ rolls of instant colour film. The total cost was
about $400,
and he put it on his charge account. (That $400 was more than a
months wages
for me, at the time, and is roughly equivalent to $2,840, in 2012
dollars.)
He then went to India.
When he had not returned by early January, my boss came to me,
expressing
concerns that he might be gone for good and would they ever be
paid? Without
any idea of Raghu's plans, I blithely assured him that all would be
well and
to be patient.
Eventually, at the end of February; Raghu did, indeed, return. He
promptly
paid the bill and told me that he'd come home without a single
photograph to
show for his trip!
He said that the people in his home village were very poor and
almost nobody
could afford to have a picture of themselves. Simply, financially
out of
reach.
So he took photographs of everyone he knew, and their families, and
gave the
shots away!
He said it was the best Christmas he'd ever had!
I think there might be a lesson in there, for us all.
David.
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