Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Afghanistan Pix
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:24:50 -0800 (PST)

Great pictures.

- --- Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com> wrote:
> I just returned from Afghanistan where my company is
> producing a network 
> television special which will air in March.
> Obviously the still 
> photography was a secondary concern, but I did
> manage to make what I 
> think are a few nice pictures which I'd like to
> share. Cameras were an 
> M6 and an M3, with the primary lenses a 35mm
> pre-ASPH Summicron, a 50mm 
> collapsible Summicron and a 90mm Tele-Elmarit. Film
> was Fuji NPH and Reala.
> 
> Contrary to what seems to be the popular view in
> this country, Kabul is 
> far from deserted -- in fact it is teeming with
> people and traffic. Here 
> is the central market.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0003.jpg
> 
> There are tons of street photographers plying their
> trade on the streets 
> of Kabul, most of whom paint their cameras like
> this. They make a paper 
> negative and develop it inside the camera, then
> contact print the paper neg.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0010.jpg
> 
> Although women do not need to wear the berkha
> anymore since the Taliban 
> has been kicked out, virtually all women on the
> street in Kabul are 
> still wearing them. The story is that they fear
> Queda operatives are 
> still at large and have threatened to throw acid in
> the face of any 
> uncovered woman they encounter. Until the women are
> sure this threat has 
> passed, they are playing it safe.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0006.jpg
> 
> Girls are back in the classroom now that the Taliban
> is gone. But notice 
> that the girls in this class are several years older
> than the boys since 
> they haven't been in school since the Taliban took
> over and have that 
> much catching up to do.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0005.jpg
> 
> In rural Afghanistan, it is sometimes hard to know
> what century you are 
> in. Only the bike in this picture provides the
> tipoff.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0001.jpg
> 
> These kids in the same village have never seen a
> foreigner before, let 
> alone a Leica.
> 
>
http://berkshire.ldp.com/~rolfe/Afghanistan/afghanistan0002.jpg
> 
> 
> Comments and criticism welcome, of course. :-).
> 
> Rolfe
> 
> -- 
> Rolfe Tessem      |     Lucky Duck Productions, Inc.
> rolfe@ldp.com     |     96 Morton Street
> (212) 463-0029    |     New York, Ny 10014
> 
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