Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. I met her near a farm on the outskirts of Rome. I assume she does also frequent the tourist-thick centre of the city, and it's probable that she could easily be found there. I saw her daughter on the Via Nazionale a couple of weeks later when I came back through Rome on my way home. Marty In a way it is not that surprising. I assume you saw her in a particular > spot that is centrally located and/or popular with tourists. In Italy and > Spain, gypsies hang out at such spots, trying to separate the tourists from > their money, in various ways. They tend to stick to fixed territories, so > if the Italian photographer went to the same spot as you, it is not > surprising that he encountered the same woman. > > I know I am making assumptions here, but these are not unreasonable > assumptions. I know southern Europe well, after all ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On May 10, 2013, at 3:09 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > > > Thanks all - your comments are kind. I wasn't comparing as such, just > > commenting on the strangeness of browsing photo.net and seeing the same > > woman I knew and photographed. The world is too big or too small. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marty > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, 10 May 2013, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > >> Hand on my heart, I much prefer your photo, Marty. > >> > >> > >> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett > >> > >> Cheers > >> Geoff > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > >> > >> > >> On 9 May 2013 20:54, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com > >> <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> This is mine: > >>> > >>> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Europe_2012/Italy/sinti+woman.jpg.html > >>> some > >>> of you saw it in the LuG 2012 yearbook. > >>> > >>> These are by an Italian photographer Edmondo Senatore: > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17249794 > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17041633 > >>> > >>> Wow, funny. The world is too small, except when it's too big. > >>> > >>> Marty > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >