Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The pictures are good, Hugh. But an immediate question comes to mind: do Afghan women ever enjoy themselves? They are very invisible in your pictures (not by choice, I assume). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jun 4, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Hugh Thompson wrote: > Last Thursday ....... Thursday and Friday being the weekend in > Afghanistan, I was invited to a country property in Qarabagh, a rural area > some 35 kilometers north of Kabul. I was surrounded by people of great > character, who were brimming with hospitality and open affection. The > main attraction was a professional group of musicians, they played older > songs that people sang and danced along with, they also played a special > song for me. This is how Afghan men enjoy themselves. > > Hope you enjoy the journey, photographed in very difficult lighting > conditions, at the top of a four storey house, with windows on all sides. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0790.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0793.jpg.html> > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0835.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0830.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0797.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0822.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0855.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0856.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/SAM_0862.jpg.html> > > Thank you for looking, any comments will be gratefully received ....... > Hugh > > > "Pakistan, Afghanistan & South Asia" > > hewthompson at mac.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >