Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I saw Ben at a picnic and asked if I could photograph him -- his face seemed so ... wonderful. He bubbled immediately, he would be overjoyed. I asked what year he was born -- "1927" he said. Talk fell to history and I asked if he was in the war. He was. He landed at Omaha, fought through the hedgerows, through the Battle of the Bulge, helped to liberate the Werl prison and civilian labor camp, and came back to America to be a toy maker. "Did you get seasick?" I asked, "crossing the channel?" "Did I, oh did I ever." "How did you function on the beach seasick?" "Oh, you got over it pretty quick when you hit the beach. I think the only reason I survived was that I was too young to realize I was going to die." http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-1.jpg http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-2.jpg 85 1.8, wide open on the Leicablad d700 kyle "i really wish I hadn't sold my Nikon F" cassidy -- www.kylecassidy.com