Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Rolfe, A wonderful set of images and a good counterpoint to what we normally see from that country. My favorites are the two veiled women with the little boy and the picture from the village, with the bicycle in the foreground. Nathan Rolfe Tessem 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html