Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry-- No problem. I understand. My ;-) is meant to signal "humor." Kit ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:36 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum Kit Hey Kit! I did not say who was right or wrong. All I said that they wanted to, and DID, kill each other. Just like in Northern Ireland. Lets not get so defensive there. I take no sides in the matter. Jerry Jerry Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Let's not forget that Algeria belonged to the Algerians before the French > "gave it away." Ahem. And the pied-noirs, that's another word for French > Colonialist. ;-) > > We gave back Britain, didn't we? Our favorite colony. > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry > Lehrer > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:03 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum > > Pat > > They were in Paris, not Algeria. The Algerians were in Paris > for the riots. DeGaulle sold out the pied-noirs and the French > Army, and gave Algeria away. > > I haven't seen the slides for 40 years, they are stomach turning. > believe me. No one believed in peaceful demonstrations in > those days. No rubber bullets either. > > Sort of like in Belfast a while back. Three sides all hating each > other. > > Jerry > > Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > > > A good lab can scan them for you to a cd, and then you > > can upload them to the leica gallery or photo.net. > > I'd enjoy seeing some chromes from Algeria. Still > > wishing I'd copied my grandfather's pictures, (lost in > > a move), from the US exercise in Vladivostok back in > > '21(?). Really something. > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick > > > > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > Pat > > > > > > I am digitally challenged, and have no ability or > > > capability to > > > send pics on the internet. > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > > > > > > > Post 'em, Jerry! > > > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > > > > > > Now I had gotten street photos in Paris when > > > riots > > > > > were real riots! > > > > > During the Algerian riots in 1959 and 1960. > > > > > Gendarmes beating > > > > > people with clubs and weighted capes. Skulls > > > broken > > > > > open! Blood > > > > > running in the gutters. (literally!). I was > > > using > > > > > Kodachrome and got > > > > > it all in living (or dead) color. > > > > > > > > > > I have never seen more vicious actions by both > > > sides > > > > > (actually three > > > > > sides, police, Algerians and pied-noirs, the > > > French > > > > > who wanted to > > > > > stay in Algeria). > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:16 AM 2/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > >Neil - did you notice Marc Riboud's pic of a > > > > > protester holding a poster of > > > > > > >his ~1968 V. Nam Picture? Also anyone know > > > why > > > > > certain images from Magnum > > > > > > >are not available in France? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >ernie > > > > > > > > > > > > France has very strict laws prohibiting street > > > > > photography without releases > > > > > > from everyone in the photo. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > > > > > photos available from: > > > > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > > > > http://www.mira.com > > > > > > http://www.agpix.com > > > > > > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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