Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember the scale Wall visiting Greenville, NC maybe 12 or 15 years ago. I covered it for the Washington Daily News, and frankly didn't expect much from it. I was astonished at how well the model worked and how affected everyone was. I was no exception. It came complete with military contingent and directory of name locations for finding those we personally lost. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Oct 19, 2005, at 11:59 AM, GeeBee wrote: > From: "Neil Schneider" <neilsimages@pipeline.com> > > Subject: [Leica] Difficult Story To Shoot > > > >> >> Hi Folks, >> A short time ago I came across the Viet Nam Traveling Wall. This >> is an >> exact replica of the wall in Washington D.C. which travels >> to different cities around the U.S. >> This is done on a voluntary basis by vets of the Viet Nam war who >> never >> tire of their task. >> It was a very difficult shoot for me and I spent more time looking >> for >> names that making images. >> I've posted just a few to give the feeling of what it was like. The >> wall, did not attract many people >> and the entire day I spent at the area I don't think I saw more >> than 50 >> people take the time to visit it. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album282 >> >> >> Regards >> Neil >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > --------- > > Hi Neil, > > I think that this image is sad beyond words: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album282/Dear_Grandpa > > in some ways it is even more sad that so few people came to look. > > --Graham > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >