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Subject: [Leica] OT? Wilfred Thesiger (Leica II)
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 09:02:11 +0530
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Oliver,
A great man, a lost breed of explorer. Arabian Sands and The Marsh
Arabs are wonderful books. Thanks for sharing - I have just taken out
Arabian Sands again to reread!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> 
wrote:
> Wilfred Thesiger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Thesiger )  was a 
> British explorer of Arabia who documented his travels with a Leica II. His 
> photographs are kept at   http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/thesiger/  .
>
> Oliver
>
> PS I have read several of his books and wondered how he managed to keep 
> his camera in working condition and get his exposed films developed.
>
>
>
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