Re: [Leica] Afghanistan Pix

["Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com>]

Rolfe:

Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of life as you saw it there.
Excellent in all respects and very informative.

Ted in Olalla

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From: "Rolfe Tessem" <rolfe@ldp.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:39 AM
Subject: [Leica] Afghanistan Pix


> 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
>
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