[Leica] OT? Wilfred Thesiger (Leica II)

[Peter Dzwig]

I can only second that! A truly remarkable man. Very much "of his age", but
nonetheless extraordinary.

Like you I don't know how he kept his Leicas going - but then they many of them
did. I have a book by Ella Maillart (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Maillart) in which all the photos have the
text "photo: Leica" underneath. She and her cameras kept going through extreme
hardships across vast tracts of Central Asia.

Peter

On 31/12/2015 19:40, Bryk Oliver 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/  . 
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> Oliver
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> 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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