Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Safe trip, Kevin! What'll you be shooting with? cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: "Kevin Argue" <kargue@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] embedded photog! >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 >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html