Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isn't it fascinating how many of history's mass murderers were anal retentives who kept meticulous records - from the Inquisition, to the Nazis, to Stalin, to the Khmer Rouge...and I'm willing to be the same thing will turn up when China is finally opened up... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Chuck Albertson Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:04 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Requiem Redux Definitely worth seeking out, and if you don't have access to the print edition, the story and some of the pictures can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/041900vietnam-photos.html (registration required, if you've never visited the NY Times Web site before). As B.D. noted, this project is being run by the same people who retrieved the negatives from the Khmer Rouge "interrogation center" (the Khmer Rouge were as anal-retentive as the Nazis when it came to documenting who they killed, but they had to high-tail it out of town before they could destroy their records) and published the victims' portraits in book "The Killing Fields." Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. > The NYTimes this a.m. had a fascinating story about a couple of Americans > who are in Vietnam scrounging up and organizing the photos taken by then > NVietnamese combat photographers. There is, in fact, a terrific photo on > page 1 of a wounded soldier being carried to an operating table at a field > hospital ---- in water in a swamp. The folks doing this are the same people > who put together the book of Khmer Rouge victims....Interesting story....and > there are some photos at the times Website... > > B. D. > >