Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Dona Cleta
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:05:15 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1ABUv0xNZQVqL9+eqe9gyKv3P8Pp1U=-eFK4y9ETZwc-A@mail.gmail.com>

Left off the link.  Sorry!

http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147818189

Tina

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> PESO:
>
> Moving to Honduras and B&W.  This is a scan of a print.  I'm still looking
> for the negative - close to finding it.  Dona (tilde on the n which I don't
> know how to do) was the only member of the Chorti Maya village who could
> still speak the original Chorti Maya language.  She said the kids were not
> interested in learning and when she died two years ago, the language died
> with her.  Here she is explaining to Dr. Frank Strait that she has problems
> breathing.  She had severe osteo-arthritis and was very stooped and tiny.
>  She's about 3'4" and Dr. Strait is about 6'4".  I have another photo of
> her with an even taller doctor that I'll try to find.  I like their
> eye-contact and obvious communication in spite of the fact that they do not
> speak each other's languages.
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>



-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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