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Subject: [Leica] A piece of great news...
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:15:26 +0100
References: <E79237C1-7AE9-462C-8FF3-55C01F01B290@frozenlight.eu> <3cad89990912231841h3d6df2fcn2ce4718b38204797@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks everyone. I certainly cannot take any credit for helping him resolve 
his situation, only for providing a bit of help while it lasted (as did 
others).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.nathanfoto.com

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On Dec 24, 2009, at 3:41 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Nathan,
> Great! The positive power of photography!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> 
>> You may remember that back in late August I posted these two pictures of a
>> man who had been living in a broken down car on the sidewalk by the beach
>> since May:
>> 
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635831932_RD2BE
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635832032_ctrwP
>> 
>> I cycle past this spot several times a week, and during the months since I
>> took these pictures I have occasionally stopped by to chat with him, give
>> him some money, lights for his bicycle etc. Last week we had some bad
>> weather with cold nights (not freezing, but cold) and lots of rain, and I
>> had been concerned about him. When I cycled by on Monday afternoon, he was
>> not there but otherwise the place looked normal. Today I came by and saw
>> that his things were gone and some garbage men were loading the remaining
>> junk onto a truck to take it away. I stopped to talk to them and they told
>> me that he now, finally, had got a place to live. After 6 months! I guess
>> the latest round of publicity (national TV came to do a story on him in
>> November, for a popular programme called Espa?a Directo) helped the local
>> authorities get off their collective butt.
>> 
>> I feel very happy with the outcome and about the fact that I was able to
>> provide him some small measure of comfort during the ordeal.
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> 
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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