Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] (Off Topic) Karenni (prev. Erwin vs. Peter)
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 06:20:02 +0000

Hi Jem

Can I presume the Karenni people that you mentioned are the same people who
are currently the Karen hill tribes in Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and
Laos?  Interestingly, there are two types of Karen people.  There is the
long-necked type (necks stretched since young by the addition of more and
more copper rings over the years) which are more familiarly found in
tourism literature and then there are the normal necked type which I am
photographing.  I have found these people friendly, charming and a joy to
photograph and print in B&W.

I explored the possibility of ordering this book from Amazon or Borders.
The book is not available through them yet but I think it will be in a
matter of time.  The price is more attractive with Amazon.

Thanks for sharing.

Dan K.

At 09:06 PM 14/5/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Dan,
>Have you seen the book on the Karenni? By Dean Chapman, 1998 winner of the
>European Publishers Award for Photography (supported by Leica), published in
>England by Dewi Lewis Publishing, ISBN 1-899235-96-5. An exquisite book,
highly
>reccomended.
>Jem
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>D Khong wrote:
>
>> In a few days, I will be going to north Thailand again to photograph the
>> nice and genteel Karen people.  This time I will bring along a Contax G1 +
>> 28 Biogon and my M3 and 35/2 + 90/2.8 Leica lenses.
>>
>> Dan K.
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