Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Political Posters
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 23:09:49 +0200
References: <e0426b72-86bb-211f-df75-4d23ec9ab872@iol.ie>

Interesting collection and a great idea to put together different Posters, 
it would be very interesting collect them from the diferent elections since 
some years ago.
lluis


> El 28 maig 2018, a les 1:08, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> va escriure:
> 
> The last few months have seen the Irish airwaves stirred up to fever pitch 
> with heated rhetoric from the Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion sides as 
> Ireland ran up to a single question referendum on changing the Irish 
> constitution. In addition to the cacophony of voices, every single lamp 
> post was decorated with posters, while committed people were wearing 
> t-shirts, badges, and hats proclaiming their views. After voting myself on 
> Friday, I hopped into the car and took photos of the variety of political 
> posters that festoon the area I live in. The No or N?l (No in the Irish 
> language - anti abortion pro life) were very well funded and had posters 
> up from the get go. They also had vigorous social media campaigns which 
> appeared to  be funded from outside the state. The Yes or T? people were 
> slower off the mark, but seemed to have more momentum towards the end.
> 
> Here are 22 images starting with a leaflet on my doormat from the No side. 
> I'll have to buy a new doormat as this one looks tatty in the image... 
> Anyway, the pictures are all taken with my Sony A7ii and kit zoom.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/Referendum+May+2018/
> 
> The following day, I went into the Dublin city count centre in the Royal 
> Dublin Society as I got a pass through a connection. News teams from 
> around the globe were present, and I tried out the new Nissin flash for 
> the Sony. I'll post photos later when I have a look at them.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> 
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