[Leica] IMG: Street pics from India

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks for the look back at earlier times, Larry.  Nice photos.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 5:28 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Street pics from India


> 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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