Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] embedded photog!
From: "Kevin Argue" <kargue@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:33:08 -0500

Well all you luggers critical of war coverage, I am off December 7 to Bosnia
with the Canadian Military to do stories on our military. In particular our
local members from our local military reserve unit. This is my second trip
to Bosnia. The first was with IFOR(implementation force) and there was
occasional  shooting and bodies were still laying along our patrol route.
Your discussion on the US and body photos is different from Canada. photos
were taken(not closeup) to show the fact that Canadians were forced to pass
by these souls and not able to do anything. The bodies had become currency
in a Balkan conflict. Those that saw my photos, in black and white,
understood the horror and ruthlessness of the Balkans. I know the bodies
won't be there this time so I will be looking at a different coverage of the
story. I also won't need my flak vest and kevlar helmet.

Cheers,
Kevin Argue
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