Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We all should I sill have a scar in my forehead from a T72 during the 1993 protests in Moscow... I have my Orange Scarves from 2004 The more free societies the better we will all be On Feb 15, 2014, at 10:40 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Chris I have some simple common sense logic for you. > > WHO CARES???????????' > > cheers, > Dr. ted > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Kiev demonstrations > > >> It has now been more than twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union, >> yet only a few of the states that emerged from the old Soviet empire are >> free and democratic today. The three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and >> Lithuania), and possibly Armenia and Georgia. The rest are still >> authoritarian states, and a few, such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, are >> now less free than they were under communism. Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov >> was the Communist boss of Uzbekistan in the last years of the Soviet >> system, and since independence he's brought back medieval punishments, >> like boiling people alive! >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2/15/14 3:43 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: >> >>> For a minute I thought someone was demonstrating Kiev cameras. Unlike the >>> cameras, I hope this demonstration works. >>> On Feb 15, 2014 3:29 PM, "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: >>> >>>> As you may have heard, Ukraine is in crisis, with the main square of >>>> Kiev >>>> occupied by demonstrators. A flickr friend of mine is there, and has >>>> been >>>> posting some pretty amazing pictures of the goings-on. >>>> >>>> This one is of a journalist who is covering the crisis with a >>>> conventional >>>> DSLR with telephoto, a Fuji X-Pro1, and what looks like a Speed Graphic! >>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/12540699383/> >>>> >>>> The entire series can be seen on his photostream: >>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/with/12541007393/> >>>> >>>> --Peter >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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