Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bharani, Thank you for showing this series. Some private moments of reflection on a wonderful and at times challenging life. Best wishes, Charlie Charlie Chan www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 4 Jun 2012, at 03:22, Robert Adler wrote: > Impressive series of an impressive person, Bharani. > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 6:57 PM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: > >> greetings dear friends, >> been somewhat awol the past 6 weeks. >> had various new crises including a close friend getting diagnosed with >> glioblastoma. >> >> here are 7 pictures from eva zeisel's memorial celebrations. >> >> starting -> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/scleroplex/eva_s+mem+svc+1.jpg.html >> >> the young lady in this photo is eva's grand-daughter talisman, who is a >> photographer. >> http://www.talismanphoto.com/index.php#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0 >> >> eva passed away in december at age 105. >> the memorial service was yesterday in brooklyn. >> i drove down and back on saturday. >> >> eva zeisel was a great hungarian woman who's life was marked by great >> respect for the individual and for life. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Zeisel >> >> here she is at TED 2001 - >> http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty.html >> >> stalin had her in solitary on death row without conviction for 16 months >> and she survived. >> >> http://www.apublicspace.org/back_issues/issue_14/eva_zeisels_prison_memoir.html >> thankfully she didn't make it onto any progressive's Kill List, like in >> this country. >> >> her grandchildren read three of her poems at the service. >> the video of the poems is here - >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/7326935616/in/photostream >> and the text of one poem, LIFE, is here - >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/7327749436/ >> >> the bespectacled guy in photo 7 is franz baumann, who represented >> the Baden-W?rttemberg SPD at the service. >> eva was the longest surviving member of the party, having joined in 1928 >> when she was the designer at Schramberger Majolika Fabrik. >> :-) >> bharani >> >> Bharani Padmanabhan MD PhD >> Boston, MA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Bob Adler > Redwood City, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information