Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An incredible collection... I love each and every one of them for their humanity and sensitivity... It's strange to say, but I feel as if each subject would speak if I were willing to continue looking and wait long enough..... > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:26:21 +0100 > From: johnbeeching at gmail.com > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] IMG - portraits > > Dear All, > > > > Portraits, especially of family members tend to be personal and often best > confined to family albums. Despite this, I am tempted to make these public > for very private reasons. The pictures are bordered by the last photos I > took of my parents before their deaths; my father?s over seven years ago > and > my mother?s last Sunday. My father never saw my third child as he died in > another country three weeks after Jack?s birth; however, they share the > same > name, which may present the young lad with a bit of a challenge to live up > to. My mother, though well into her 80?s kept her faculties and creativity > to the end, presenting me with her latest books at Christmas; however, she > knew her time had come and welcomed death as an end. Sandwiched between > these two photos are pictures mainly of my little boy and my wife, though > my > daughter (though not my eldest son), half-sister and husband, father in > law, > step-mother and niece?s husband also appear, as do a few friends and > myself. > > http://johnbeeching.com/portrait/album/index.html > > > > http://alturl.com/izh8 > > http://alturl.com/rz73 > > http://alturl.com/4e8m > > > > > > John > > > -- > John Beeching > http://johnbeeching.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail?: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile1_042009