Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:10 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Tina Manley SHOWED several photos: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Do?a Cleta > > >> Photo Every So Often: >> >> This is Do?a Cleta. She was a tiny, little woman only about 4 feet tall >> with severe Kyphosis, or hunchback. Her family fled to Honduras from >> Guatemala during the civil war of the 1980's. They settled in Estanzuela >> on the border with Guatemala. She was the last person to speak the Chorti >> Maya language. She said she tried to teach the young people but they were >> not interested. Do?a Cleta died in 2004 at 83. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149014745 beautiful story, wonderful image, Steve >> >> She was still grinding her own corn for tortillas and making her own pots >> of clay up until the day she died. > > Hi Tina, > These photos just grab your heart! "NO DISTRACTING COLOURS!!!!!!!" > Very strong in your face content images. > I know some folks will argue that colour tells a much greater story, adds > more because etc. etc. > > Turn on ones "CONTENT COUNTS" more certainly in these and they just grab > and hold you to stop and scan every nook and cranny. Beautiful images from > this whole series of B&W you have been posting. > > They're right from the pages of LIFE magazine from years long gone by. > Beautiful photography. A huge coffee table book would hold the reader in > awe for hours studying each page. They put us in a different year time > zone even though we're on the same planet! One must say.... "REALLY?" And > start at the front cover all over again enjoying them all over again. > Good on you girl! > cheers, > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information