Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] Family Portrait
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Dec 14 17:49:11 2005
References: <439EFDEC.4020805@summaventures.com> <049401c60009$08f1ae40$6401a8c0@hal> <6.2.1.2.0.20051214202202.0d0f0ce0@imap.duke.edu>

On Dec 14, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Aaron Sandler wrote:

> Chandos,
>
> Please accept my most sincere sympathies for your step-mother's  
> illness.  That is indeed a particularly bad cancer...my wife's  
> grandmother died of the same thing last year.
>
> This is an interesting photo you have shown...for some reason it  
> really strikes me more than it seems like it "should."  It's one of  
> those photos that appears to be a snapshot, but goes beyond.  I  
> think it's your father's pride, evident in his upright posture and  
> the way he grips you and your brother with his hands.  He looks  
> like he's gaining energy from his proximity to you both.  I think  
> even without the backstory you provided, it would have the same  
> impact.  Anyway, I'm sure this photo will be treasured in your  
> family, as it should be.

Chandos, I am with Aaron on this...the image breathes a subtle  
strength,    my sincere condolences...


Steve


>
> Best,
> Aaron
>
>
> At 12:17 PM 12/13/2005, Chandos wrote:
>
>> I've been absent from the LUG for awhile, in part because my step- 
>> mother is
>> in the terminal stage of a glioblastoma, which is an especially  
>> malignant
>> tumor in the brain, and I've been distracted.
>>
>> I went out to spend some time with Dad and Fritzie last week in  
>> Tucson and
>> have just returned.  My brother came down from Phoenix; Dad and  
>> Matt and I
>> haven't met together in several years. I used a tripod to arrange  
>> this
>> portrait.
>>
>> This, then, is a part of my diminishing family, from left to  
>> right, Matt,
>> Brownie, and Chandos.
>>
>> http://cmbrow.people.wm.edu/photography/New/browns.htm
>
>
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In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Nathan's PAW 49: Fog and Zwarte Piet)
Message from chandos at cox.net (Chandos Michael Brown) ([Leica] Family Portrait)
Message from aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler) ([Leica] Family Portrait)