[Leica] City and country photographs.

[geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee)]

Hi Matt,

I particularly liked books, sunbather and chess in the 'city' set. I can't
imagine why books would be displayed like that without the spine showing the
title. The Iowa shots didn't shout 'run down' at me and I thought it looked
a nice place to grow up/live but I noted a lack of people. Yes, I know,
that's rich coming from me :-) Thanks for sharing.

--Graham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Kollasch" <matt@kollarfoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: 02 June 2005 15:18
Subject: [Leica] City and country photographs.


> Here are some photos from recent journies...  the first is from trip to
> New Jersey to see my son Nick... We visited Philly for too few hours and
> then a couple days in the Big Apple -- all in the first week of May.
> http://www.kollarfoto.com/city/
>
> This past weekend Becky and I went to visit my father and stepmother in
> Swea City, Iowa, where I spent the first 18 years of my life. I left
> there the day after graduation to work as a gandy dancer (track laborer)
> on the railroad in Washington and Montana. Swea City was a great place
> to grow up but it makes me sad to visit it now. It is getting so run
> down...  it is shrinking and sagging like too much of rural Iowa can't
> hole on to its yourg people Simply not enough good jobs.  THe next time
> there I plan to get to the top of the tallest grain elevator there and
> get some shots. For those hither and yon, these shots will provide a
> glimpse of the landscape of Iowa, which is much more diverse than I
> depict here.
> http://www.kollarfoto.com/country/
>
> Comments welcome.  Thanks for looking.  /matt
>
>
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