Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh yeah she is alive! She is in bad health now, but she is 95 years old. Because the travel to where she lives is very expensive for me (It takes 3 days to drive there from my home in Indiana and costs about $2000 for gas, hotels, food, etc.), I am probably never going to see her again. That's why it is the last photo I made of her! When I lived in Santa Fe, it was a 20 minute drive down to her town, so I visited her often. I had to move back to Indiana almost 4 years ago because of my son. His mother is mentally ill, and she was locked up in the state psychiatric hospital, so I got custody of my son up here in Indiana. I had not seen Mary since I left New Mexico back in 2007, so I made sure to see her when I visited New Mexico last week. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 8/24/11 3:52 AM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Oh she's still alive?!! That's fantastic! > I misread your caption "last photograph I made". Since there was no > reference to the period I hastily and wrongly concluded she had closed > the books and the bar. > > Next time drink to her lasting health from me :-) > > I do like the atmosphere there. Nice catch indeed. > > Philippe > > > Le 24 ao?t 11 ? 09:03, Chris Crawford a ?crit : > >> >> Thanks Philippe. She is one of the most fascinating people I have >> ever met. >> She has a degree from the University of New Mexico that she earned >> back in >> the 1930s! She was probably one of the first women to ever graduate >> from >> that school, since few women went to universities back then, and UNM >> was >> only about 40 years old when she attended, and she can speak . She >> worked as >> a teacher in the town's school, which closed decades ago, and then >> took over >> her father's bar, which she still owns. Her parents were born in >> Turin, >> Italy but she was born in the town she still lives in. What a life! >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-486-2581 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 8/24/11 2:22 AM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: >> >>> This one I like a lot, irrespective of the context. >>> >>> It appeals to me on many levels. >>> >>> Great Photograph! >>> >>> Philippe >>> >>> Le 24 ao?t 11 ? 06:40, Chris Crawford a ?crit : >>> >>>> >>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=690&category=24 >>>> >>>> This was the last photograph that I made of Mary Mora in New Mexico. >>>> She was >>>> tired and headed back to her living quarters in the back rooms of >>>> the bar. I >>>> snapped this just before she disappeared through the door. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Chris Crawford >>>> Fine Art Photography >>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>>> 260-486-2581 >>>> >>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>>> >>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>>> Become a fan on Facebook >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information