Clashing Perspectives

How insensitive! Portraits of homeless people, each holding a single treasured object, positioned among page after page of advertisements of frivolous luxury items--a particularly soulless, if not absurd, juxtaposition (“Treasures,” photographed by Gregg Segal, Dec. 18).

Did this reveal more than what was intended? Surely I’m not the only one struck by the realization that treasure is only relative, and conspicuous consumption is truly irrelevant.

Carol Nahin

Long Beach