Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] embedded photog!
From: "frank theriault" <knarftheriault@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:14:53 -0500

Safe trip, Kevin!

What'll you be shooting with?

cheers,
frank

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




>From: "Kevin Argue" <kargue@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] embedded photog!
>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:33:08 -0500
>
>Well all you luggers critical of war coverage, I am off December 7 to 
>Bosnia
>with the Canadian Military to do stories on our military. In particular our
>local members from our local military reserve unit. This is my second trip
>to Bosnia. The first was with IFOR(implementation force) and there was
>occasional  shooting and bodies were still laying along our patrol route.
>Your discussion on the US and body photos is different from Canada. photos
>were taken(not closeup) to show the fact that Canadians were forced to pass
>by these souls and not able to do anything. The bodies had become currency
>in a Balkan conflict. Those that saw my photos, in black and white,
>understood the horror and ruthlessness of the Balkans. I know the bodies
>won't be there this time so I will be looking at a different coverage of 
>the
>story. I also won't need my flak vest and kevlar helmet.
>
>Cheers,
>Kevin Argue
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