This is rather an alarming story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8473285.stm
Some countries seem to lack self-confidence. I have frequently been asked while abroad not to photograph 'backward' aspects of a country. This typically means beggars, but often extends to normal traditional life, especially rural, as if the retention of such aspects were shameful and the only things to be proud of were hideous tower blocks and nuclear power stations. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

