Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nat That poster and the mannequin really make that photo! Trying to exist in Switzerland without an income can be tough. I know I tried it in 1957 when things were a bit cheaper than they are now. We had to go back to living in the Algerian quarter of Paris, where our main problem was to find a place to park the Porsche. Jerry "Nathan Wajsman (private)" wrote: > This week's offerings have little in common except that they were shot > on the same roll of film while walking around the city, enjoying the > nice weather we have been having. First, a heavily cropped detail of a > parked Harley with a self-portrait in there: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_14.jpg > > Then some street musicians on Zurich's answer to 5th Ave., > Bahnhofstrasse. They claim to be from St. Petersburg, as do many such > people these days. A few years ago a symphony orchestra from Russia was > touring the UK; the attendance at the concerts was low, and the promoter > did not have money to fly them back to Russia. So they resorted to > playing on the streets of London to earn their airfare until someone > took pity and paid for it. Since that well-publicized story, a lot of > street musicians who have never set foot in Russia claim to be from > there. Whether this applies to this quartet, I don't know: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_14alt1.jpg > > Finally, a scene from the lakefront. A pair of musicians, not claiming > to be Russian, take a break: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_14alt2.jpg > > All three pictures with M6, 50mm Summilux, on Fuji Acros. > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html