Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jayanand. I'm way beyond remembering what I have and haven't posted ;-) Tina On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Tina, > I think I have seen a good chunk of these photographs before, but that > does not lessen the impact of the set - very nice, indeed. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > I was in Damascus in 2005 for a conference of Christians, Muslims, and > > Jews. I didn't get to see much of the country since we were in meetings > > most of the time, but I really need to go back and scan those slides. I > > lived in Iran in the 1970's and would love to go back again. Iran is a > > beautiful country of beautiful people. Here are some of my photos from > 40 > > years ago: > > > > > http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Asia/Iran/Iran/3917425_zbkQNv#!i=229714857&k=LWDH5x6 > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Damascus was always high on my list of places to visit, being the > >> oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, but that looks > >> indefinitely postponed as of now. (-: > >> > >> Guess I'll have to make do with a safe country like Iran (it really is > >> very safe if you get media/government planted hobgoblins out of your > >> head), with its incredible historic cities stretching back to the > >> beginnings of civilization, in that region... > >> > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > >> > >>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >>> Following on from Jayanand's link to Anzio, I saw another link to Syria > >> in > >>> the 40s on the Life website. Here it is. > >> > http://life.time.com/history/syria-crossroads-of-middle-east-during-wwii/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1 > >>> > >>> Fascinating, especially considering the current mess there. BTW I'd > >>> recommend "A Line in the Sand" by James Barr which looks at the Sykes > >> Picot > >>> agreement which carved up the middle east in straight lines between the > >>> British and the French and subsequently was the reason for inflaming > >> many of > >>> the issues there. > >>> > >>> Douglas > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com