Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul-- I can feel what you are talking about by looking at the photo. Well done. I think this is one that words add to what you see. Thanks. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Jan 11, 2006, at 1:45 PM, <paulhardycarter@gmail.com> wrote: > No particular story about those individuals, Ken, but the place is > certainly evocative. Firstly, the Market Caf? is only a few metres > from the spot in the main market in Sarajevo where a mortar round fell > in 1994 killing 68 people. They had been trying to buy food in the > besieged city, of which there was very little. > > I took this picture ten years later, almost a decade after the Dayton > agreement ended hostilities, but Sarajevo is still a very depressed > place. The unemployment rate is very high, many buildings are still > wrecked or covered in shrapnel marks, including the Holiday Inn. The > city is still ringed by minefields. The only people who have any money > to spend are the "Internationals", the UN contractors and others whose > big white 4x4s are everywhere. > > Add to this the fact that most people in Sarajevo became heartily sick > of being photographed like the subjects of a lab experiment while they > scuttled through their city trying to avoid sniper fire. Photographed > by foreigners interested only in furthering their own careers. > > So when I walked into this caf?, full of people but no-one with a > drink in front of them because they couldn't afford it, with cameras > around my neck, obviously a foreigner, I felt pretty uneasy. When I > look at this picture I can remember why! > > I should add that I have never felt unwelcome in Sarajevo at all. Far > from it, the people are very friendly, and justly very proud of their > city. It is an extraordinary place that I could talk about for hours. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > +44 (0)20 7871 7553 > ******* > > On 11/01/06, Kenneth Frazier <kennybod@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Paul, this is not about Friesengeist, but about one of the shots on >> your site, and I keep forgetting to mention it. >> >> It's the "Market Cafe, Sarajevo" shot, the one with the three men >> sitting at table, looking at the camera. Every time I view that >> photo, I become uneasy. >> >> And, I wonder: Is there a story behind that shot? You can reply >> offlist, if you like. >> >> Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information