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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Street pics from India
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:29:56 +0200
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Very nice set Larry, thanks for sharing. Keep posting

Saludos
Lluis

El 13/09/2010, a las 0:28, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?:

> We visited our daughter last week for a Labor Day picnic. Both of her
> children had just started elementary school so we were exposed to a  
> new
> batch of germs. Naturally this week my wife and I are down with raging
> colds. The enforced inactivity gave me a chance to look at some long
> forgotten pictures from my India shoebox.
>
>
> For two years during the latter part of 1986 through mid 1988 I was a
> visiting Fulbright professor at the University of Delhi and a part  
> time
> consultant to the Indian Government. Consulting activities largely  
> consisted
> of observing Indian attempts to modernize the technology industry,  
> making
> suggestions, and giving speeches to technocrats. I don't know how  
> well our
> outreach efforts succeeded. All I can tell you is that I am on a  
> first name
> basis with my computer Help Desk agent working out of Bangalore,  
> India.
>
>
> My leisure activity simply consisted of walking around and snapping
> pictures. My top end SLR failed within a few months of arrival  
> because of
> heat and monsoon humidity so most of the pics were snapped with a very
> reliable Rollei 35SE on Fujicolor film. My wife painted beautiful  
> pictures.
>
>
> This was our first visit to India and it was a revelation to our  
> western
> eyes. Scenes of indescribable beauty intermixed with scenes of  
> indescribable
> poverty. My wife, the artist, was blown away by the colors.
>
>
> Here is the first batch of Indian street photos taken within a few  
> blocks of
> our home in New Delhi. Bear in mind that these were all taken nearly a
> quarter of a century ago so conditions may be different today. More  
> pics
> later.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Street+kids.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Califlower+vendor.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Fruit+vendor.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Nathu_s+sweets.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Nathu_s+sweets+2.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Soccer.jpg.html
>
>
> Larry Z
>
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