Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely image. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com, "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>, "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>, "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>, "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:54:48 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Dona Cleta Oops. It's too late here in SC. Here is the link: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/147818189 TIA 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information