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Subject: [Leica] Family photos, 1920s-40s
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 07:42:42 -0700
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On Apr 9, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Interesting to see the lifestyles--thanks for sharing, Peter. It inspired 
> me to dig into my own archive of photos I inherited following my father's 
> death 7 years ago--I scanned many of them, but now I will start putting 
> some on the web, mainly to share with family world-wide. But some of you 
> might also find them of interest. I only regret that so few street photos 
> and environmental portraits were done in those days.
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/My-fathers-pictures


thank you Nathan, the image of the three is one of the most riveting 
portraits I have ever seen,


Steve



> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 8, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
> 
>> LUG:  If you're interested, you can partake of more of my family history 
>> here:
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/messen20s-40s1/>
>> 
>> These are from my late mother Emilie's cache of black and white 
>> snapshots, scanned with VueScan on an HP consumer flatbed. Some were in 
>> pretty bad shape. I've done some curve adjusting and removed the worst 
>> spots on people's faces where possible but nothing really drastic.  Black 
>> and white really lasts, and even if faded, a judiciously applied curve 
>> can bring it back to life.
>> 
>> I remember my grandfather had a folding camera with black leather 
>> bellows, brand unknown. It had some kind of little right angle viewfinder 
>> that he looked down into. The shutter was triggered with a cable release. 
>>  The photos from the 1940s are probably taken with this camera.  Most 
>> were taken in New York City, with summer photos in White Lake, NY (in the 
>> Catskills).
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> --Peter
>> 
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