[Leica] City and country photographs.

[matt at kollarfoto.com (kollarfoto)]

Thanks, Graham... The "RUN DOWN" look comes next time I go back there... 
My father was in the car as I too the shots I shared . I want to 
approach the run-down aspect of my home town without him with me. I 
don't know who might come flying out of a house? :-) Lack of people? You 
have hit on the a chief problem of rural Iowa!

GeeBee wrote:

>Hi Matt,
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>I particularly liked books, sunbather and chess in the 'city' set. I can't
>imagine why books would be displayed like that without the spine showing the
>title. The Iowa shots didn't shout 'run down' at me and I thought it looked
>a nice place to grow up/live but I noted a lack of people. Yes, I know,
>that's rich coming from me :-) Thanks for sharing.
>
>--Graham
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Matt Kollasch" <matt@kollarfoto.com>
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Sent: 02 June 2005 15:18
>Subject: [Leica] City and country photographs.
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>>Here are some photos from recent journies...  the first is from trip to
>>New Jersey to see my son Nick... We visited Philly for too few hours and
>>then a couple days in the Big Apple -- all in the first week of May.
>>http://www.kollarfoto.com/city/
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>>This past weekend Becky and I went to visit my father and stepmother in
>>Swea City, Iowa, where I spent the first 18 years of my life. I left
>>there the day after graduation to work as a gandy dancer (track laborer)
>>on the railroad in Washington and Montana. Swea City was a great place
>>to grow up but it makes me sad to visit it now. It is getting so run
>>down...  it is shrinking and sagging like too much of rural Iowa can't
>>hole on to its yourg people Simply not enough good jobs.  THe next time
>>there I plan to get to the top of the tallest grain elevator there and
>>get some shots. For those hither and yon, these shots will provide a
>>glimpse of the landscape of Iowa, which is much more diverse than I
>>depict here.
>>http://www.kollarfoto.com/country/
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>>Comments welcome.  Thanks for looking.  /matt
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