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Subject: [Leica] walking in the woods with my father
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Jul 28 21:23:13 2006
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A wonderful set of pictures, showing us all that Kyle is not a 
one-dimensional chronicler of levitating Goths (although we knew that 
already). I especially liked the last image of the wounded 
tree--although I thought that you could only hunt with bow and arrow in NJ?

Nathan

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> A few weeks ago my father called me to say that the access road to the
> forrest where I spent much of my youth had been blocked off and that in
> a few years the road would be taken over by undergrowth and trees and
> the place, as we knew it, would vanish. He suggested that I come to New
> Jersey and we would walk the entire road one last time. I hadn't been
> there in twenty years, but my mind retained a map of every twist and
> turn in minute detail. 
>  
> This is the place where my father taught me to light a fire without any
> matches, how to make a compass with a sewing needle, how to find north
> in a swamp on an overcast day, how to build an emergency shelter, and,
> how to use a camera.
>  
> We saw mink, snakes, amphibians, a pair of deer, and maybe a little bit
> back in time.
>  
> But, if I've done this properly, you shouldn't need to know any of that
> to enjoy these photographs.
>  
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/2006/woods/index.html
>
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