Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, the quantity and scale of them is very sobering. john -----Original Message----- When I lived in the Netherlands, I would visit the WWII cemetery at Arnhem at least once a year--not so much to take pictures but to pay my respect. Nice collection. Cheers, On Apr 7, 2012, at 5:40 AM, John McMaster wrote: > Back in 1987 a friend won a bursary to interview and photograph World > War One veterans in Europe. > > Two things were against this: > > 1) He couldn't drive, so that is where I came in > > 2) Neither he nor the award givers were good at basic arithmetic. Any > veteran was going to be mid-80s and upwards so would not be hanging > around the RSA bars! In a nutshell, we did not meet any WWI veterans > but did quite a few WWII ones who tended the cemeteries. > > So we went off with no real knowledge or plan, camped just outside > Iepre (aka Ypres) and drove about photographing........ > > My images are at http://johnmcmaster.com/PESO/WWI > > C & C welcome > > John - all Hasselblad (I cannot remember what I used, certainly an SWC > and 150mm - not sure if 50mm or 80mm as well but most look 38mm or > 150mm shots) > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Links to the various sites, I looked them up to remind myself: > > Beaumont Hamel (Newfoundland) - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Royal_Naval_Reserve > > Bedford cemetery - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_House_Commonwealth_War_Graves_Com > missio > n_Cemetery > > Hill 62 (Canadian) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_62_Memorial > > Langemarck cemetery (German) - > http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/cemetery-langemark.htm > > Menin Gate - > http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/cemetery-langemark.htm > > Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme - > http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/thiepvalmemorial.htm > > Tyne Cot cemetery - > http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/tynecotcemetery.htm - this is > now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world > > Vimy Ridge (Canadian) - > http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchextension/vimy_memorial.htm > > There so many cemeteries in that area that you just keep finding more > and more, many are for a single commonwealth country. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >