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Subject: [Leica] stormed the beaches at Omaha
From: mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:48:43 +0100
References: <9F07836ED74F1C42AA69DFBAF8A1E2F119C6591958@MBX1.asc.local> <4A62BCB5.4030904@whitedogs.co.uk>
 
This is a portrait of a Vet that I posted a while back.
It was taken in the Visitors' centre at Utah beach, just down the road 
from Ste Marie du Mont.

http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=people/environmental&image=NormandyVet.jpg

M6TTL, 50mm 'cron (I think), HP5 plus.

Cheers

Mark



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2009)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
                (2008) 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008


Mark Pope wrote:
> Kyle,
> 
> great story and fine portraits.  The profile works best for me.  The 
> lighting makes it into an extraordinary shot.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>> I saw Ben at a picnic and asked if I could photograph him -- his face 
>> seemed so ... wonderful. He bubbled immediately, he would be 
>> overjoyed. I asked what year he was born -- "1927" he said. Talk fell 
>> to history and I asked if he was in the war. He was. He landed at 
>> Omaha, fought through the hedgerows, through the Battle of the Bulge, 
>> helped to liberate the Werl prison and civilian labor camp, and came 
>> back to America to be a toy maker.
>>
>> "Did you get seasick?" I asked, "crossing the channel?"
>>
>> "Did I, oh did I ever."
>>
>> "How did you function on the beach seasick?"
>>
>> "Oh, you got over it pretty quick when you hit the beach. I think the 
>> only reason I survived was that I was too young to realize I was going 
>> to die."
>>
>>
>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-1.jpg
>>
>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2009/sketchclub-2.jpg
>>
>> 85 1.8, wide open on the Leicablad d700
>>
>>
>> kyle "i really wish I hadn't sold my Nikon F" cassidy
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> www.kylecassidy.com
>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] stormed the beaches at Omaha)
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