Comments on: Photos of America from Another Perspective http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/ My Twenty Years with an International Photojournalist...Then and Now Tue, 22 May 2018 13:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1319 Becky Green Aaronson Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:44:39 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1319 MJ, I'm glad you enjoyed these images. I'll be sure to pass your comment on to Jeffrey. As always, thanks for taking the time to comment! MJ, I’m glad you enjoyed these images. I’ll be sure to pass your comment on to Jeffrey. As always, thanks for taking the time to comment!

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1318 Becky Green Aaronson Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:43:34 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1318 Melissa always adds a thoughtful take on life! Melissa always adds a thoughtful take on life!

]]> By: mj monaghan http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1316 mj monaghan Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:16:02 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1316 These are great photos, Becky. These are great photos, Becky.

]]> By: mj monaghan http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1315 mj monaghan Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:12:35 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1315 Melissa, your astute comment is a great commentary on our American society and its global impact. What other things do peoples of the world see in the US, and embrace when maybe they shouldn't. Melissa, your astute comment is a great commentary on our American society and its global impact. What other things do peoples of the world see in the US, and embrace when maybe they shouldn’t.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1314 Becky Green Aaronson Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:46:05 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1314 Melissa, I'm glad you enjoyed these images and found the humor and irony in them. The mirror in which we are reflected is often eye-opening! Melissa, I’m glad you enjoyed these images and found the humor and irony in them. The mirror in which we are reflected is often eye-opening!

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1312 Becky Green Aaronson Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:41:23 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1312 It's mind-boggling how far-reaching Coke is around the world. Crazy. And I can imagine how you would crave a really good cup of coffee in China. I know they're hard to come by, although with Starbuck's now in the Forbidden City... Let me rephrase that...we are talking about GOOD coffee...not sure 'bucks would qualify. Guess it's all relative though. :-) Sending rich, dark roast thoughts your way! Thanks for your comment. It’s mind-boggling how far-reaching Coke is around the world. Crazy.

And I can imagine how you would crave a really good cup of coffee in China. I know they’re hard to come by, although with Starbuck’s now in the Forbidden City…

Let me rephrase that…we are talking about GOOD coffee…not sure ‘bucks would qualify. Guess it’s all relative though. :-)

Sending rich, dark roast thoughts your way! Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1311 Becky Green Aaronson Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:31:35 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1311 I bet you can truly appreciate the humor and irony in these images. I'm curious what lead you to Asia for twelve years! I bet you can truly appreciate the humor and irony in these images. I’m curious what lead you to Asia for twelve years!

]]> By: Emily He http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1309 Emily He Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:03:02 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1309 A few years ago I was riding a bus from Marrakech to Ourzazate, Morocco when along the highway in the middle of nowhere I saw a billboard of an old Coke ad! To answer your question, I would spread "coffee culture" (which could be considered more European than American) because it is impossible to find good coffee in China! A few years ago I was riding a bus from Marrakech to Ourzazate, Morocco when along the highway in the middle of nowhere I saw a billboard of an old Coke ad!

To answer your question, I would spread “coffee culture” (which could be considered more European than American) because it is impossible to find good coffee in China!

]]> By: MichaelEdits http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1308 MichaelEdits Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:37:25 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1308 I lived over there (China, Thailand, Vietnam) for 12 years and can still smile at photos like these. I lived over there (China, Thailand, Vietnam) for 12 years and can still smile at photos like these.

]]> By: happykidshappymom http://animprobablelife.com/2012/01/10/photos-of-globalization/#comment-1306 happykidshappymom Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:33:56 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3973#comment-1306 Becky, you picked out a great series of photos. Something to think about, America's influence on the commercialized parts of the world. I have a friend from Japan, who one day dressed her little boy in a shirt with all the words spelled wrong. The words were in English, which the mother had not yet taught her son. I asked her why he was wearing a shirt with a misprint. And she told me it was a gift from one of her family members in Japan. I said, Japan? Why would they send you a shirt with an English misprint on it? And she went on to tell me that her family, and others, don't care if all the letters are in the wrong place, or even missing, all that matters is that the shirt holds value because it portrays the English language. I've thought about that a lot over the years, and can't get past a feeling of sadness over it. To celebrate some American ideal, just to have the characters of our alphabet, and it gains in importance? Though, people are the same way here. Name brands rank higher in price and "street credit" than off brands for so many of us. I remember being in the third grade, and asking my mom to please buy anything by Gap. As long as it had the word Gap on it, I wanted it for my Christmas gift. All the other kids, it seemed, had something by Gap. And I fell into that trap. Was it worth it? No. But was it part of growing up? Yes. These photos capture such perfect, everyday moments in time, reflecting our own lives right back at us. And boy was Jeffrey on his game to capture that man reaching for a smoke in the same pose as Ronald McDonald! Great post, Becky, as always. Becky, you picked out a great series of photos. Something to think about, America’s influence on the commercialized parts of the world. I have a friend from Japan, who one day dressed her little boy in a shirt with all the words spelled wrong. The words were in English, which the mother had not yet taught her son. I asked her why he was wearing a shirt with a misprint. And she told me it was a gift from one of her family members in Japan. I said, Japan? Why would they send you a shirt with an English misprint on it? And she went on to tell me that her family, and others, don’t care if all the letters are in the wrong place, or even missing, all that matters is that the shirt holds value because it portrays the English language. I’ve thought about that a lot over the years, and can’t get past a feeling of sadness over it. To celebrate some American ideal, just to have the characters of our alphabet, and it gains in importance? Though, people are the same way here. Name brands rank higher in price and “street credit” than off brands for so many of us. I remember being in the third grade, and asking my mom to please buy anything by Gap. As long as it had the word Gap on it, I wanted it for my Christmas gift. All the other kids, it seemed, had something by Gap. And I fell into that trap. Was it worth it? No. But was it part of growing up? Yes. These photos capture such perfect, everyday moments in time, reflecting our own lives right back at us. And boy was Jeffrey on his game to capture that man reaching for a smoke in the same pose as Ronald McDonald! Great post, Becky, as always.

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