Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad you got to visit him, and that you managed to get a good photo.? I am a year older than him, and I can tell you, life has its challenges at this point.? It's nice to see him staying active. On 7/21/21 12:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I am now back from France after a brisk 1400 km drive yesterday, and > processing the many images. This one is a kind of retroactive PAD, since > it was taken on the 17th, and I have already posted the 18th. It is a > portrait of my uncle Joseph in his office at his house. This is where he > prepares his many speeches about his experiences during the roundup of > French Jews, and when he was still active in business, this was the heart > of what I jokingly called his empire. Today, it is decorated with what is > important to him: his family most of all (including photos taken by me, > something that gives me great pleasure), but also clippings of meetings > with various dignitaries, including French Prime Ministers and Presidents. > I made several attempts at a portrait in his office, many unsuccessful?not > because he does not cooperate, he does, but because he has a tendency to > close his eyes at inopportune moments. But this one worked: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4m6QbKN/A > > The Stars and Stripes on his desk reflects his life-long gratitude to and > love of the United States. He has never forgotten the day in 1944 when the > village in which he was hiding from the Nazis was liberated by US troops. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA