Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can only second that! A truly remarkable man. Very much "of his age", but nonetheless extraordinary. Like you I don't know how he kept his Leicas going - but then they many of them did. I have a book by Ella Maillart ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Maillart) in which all the photos have the text "photo: Leica" underneath. She and her cameras kept going through extreme hardships across vast tracts of Central Asia. Peter On 31/12/2015 19:40, Bryk Oliver wrote: > Wilfred Thesiger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Thesiger ) was a > British explorer of Arabia who documented his travels with a Leica II. His > photographs are kept at http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/thesiger/ . > > Oliver > > PS I have read several of his books and wondered how he managed to keep > his camera in working condition and get his exposed films developed. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig