Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh she's still alive?!! That's fantastic! I misread your caption "last photograph I made". Since there was no reference to the period I hastily and wrongly concluded she had closed the books and the bar. Next time drink to her lasting health from me :-) I do like the atmosphere there. Nice catch indeed. Philippe Le 24 ao?t 11 ? 09:03, Chris Crawford a ?crit : > > Thanks Philippe. She is one of the most fascinating people I have > ever met. > She has a degree from the University of New Mexico that she earned > back in > the 1930s! She was probably one of the first women to ever graduate > from > that school, since few women went to universities back then, and UNM > was > only about 40 years old when she attended, and she can speak . She > worked as > a teacher in the town's school, which closed decades ago, and then > took over > her father's bar, which she still owns. Her parents were born in > Turin, > Italy but she was born in the town she still lives in. What a life! > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-486-2581 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 8/24/11 2:22 AM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> This one I like a lot, irrespective of the context. >> >> It appeals to me on many levels. >> >> Great Photograph! >> >> Philippe >> >> Le 24 ao?t 11 ? 06:40, Chris Crawford a ?crit : >> >>> >>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=690&category=24 >>> >>> This was the last photograph that I made of Mary Mora in New Mexico. >>> She was >>> tired and headed back to her living quarters in the back rooms of >>> the bar. I >>> snapped this just before she disappeared through the door. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-486-2581 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> Become a fan on Facebook >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >