Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Peter, > > I was intrigued by this shot: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1090739 > > The composition is almost there, except the first dog in the bottom > left is partially cut off. I think if you had tilted the camera down > and to the left a little, you would have had a stronger image. > > I am also curious as to what is going on in the picture--who are these > people, what is the man next to the fire looking at, etc. > Incidentally, I happened to walk by at exactly that place in Kathmandu in 1988, and that very image is still vivid in my memory. The picture is from central Kathmandu, probably taken from a bridge, and it shows how they burn the dead (the burning bundle is a body). If I am not mistaken about the location, the doorways to the right lead to small alchoves where people can spend their last days before dying. This I heard from a local monk who showed me around. He also told me some curious "insider information": The relatives of the dying person have to pay a certain "rent" for that "waiting room". Occasionally it happens that the old person refuses to die, which makes it costly for the family. In those instances you can order a special, probably highly unofficial, service, where the old person is moved down to the water with some limb left dipped into the water. Then they will quickly catch a cold or whatever and the waiting time will be shortened. Can't verify those facts, though, but that's the story I heard from that local person. Per > Nathan > > pmjensen wrote: > >> They're vacation snaps from a couple of weeks in Kathmandu. We spent >> more time in China but, alas, none of that is scanned (I don't own a >> scanner - Rob Reiter's Flextight did these chromes and negs but don't >> blame him). >> This is my first public (Internet) presentation of any my work and I >> will appreciate any comments offered. >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=248613 > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b P r o d u k t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visimedia.com Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 Fax 0416 300 03 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html