[Leica] IMGS: Arak Train Station

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Very interesting and wise images….
Lluis



> El 29 abr 2016, a les 0:21, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> va escriure:
> 
> PESO:
> 
> When we went back to Iran, we visited in passing the town where we used to
> live.  In 1976, Arak was a small village of about 10,000 people.  Tom's
> aluminum plant was the only thing there in the middle of the desert.
> Everything had to be brought in by train.  The Shah put the plant there to
> provide employment for the people even though there was no reason based on
> resources to have it there.  When we visited, everything had totally
> changed.  The small village is now a huge industrial city of over 500,000
> people.  The nuclear power plant is there.  We found the aluminum plant and
> our neighborhood but could not find our house or anything else!  I did find
> the train station that I photographed in 1976:
> 
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000H19S3nRtJXw
> 
> 40 years later, it has changed, too.  The local people said there is never
> that much snow anymore.
> 
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00005b_A.Jr8VKI
> 
> Interesting for Tom and me and but I'm not sure whether the new photos will
> sell!  Not nearly as romantic, anyway ;-)
> 
> Tina
> 
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