[Leica] IMG: Smile for your photo!

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

Thanks, Jean-Michel.  The women still make their own clothes on a
back-strap loom, but most of the boys and men have given up their
traditional outfits for more practical jeans and t-shirts.

Tina

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> 
wrote:

>
> Despair and a lot of courage in this woman's eyes. Interesting contrast
> between the sophisticated dress she's wearing vs. the rather plain clothes
> of the boys.Jean-Michel
>  > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:27:36 -0400
> > From: images at comporium.net
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> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Smile for your photo!
> >
> > PESO:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/144439760
> >
> > The Guatemalan Civil War lasted from 1960 to 1996 and was still going
> > strong in the mountains when we were there.  For many years we held
> clinics
> > in three villages in the northwestern highlands - Acal, Granadillo, and
> > Bella Vista.  The men in those villages had all been rounded up and
> killed
> > and the women raped.  The villages were only women and children.  The
> > widows refer to their children as "gifts from God".
> >
> > C&C greatly appreciated.  Velvia was probably not the best choice, but
> it's
> > what I had!
> >
> > Tina
> >
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